Biography & Memoir

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  • Late-Life Love: A Memoir

    Susan Gubar

    Paperback

    During a difficult year, acclaimed writer Susan Gubar celebrates her lasting partnership and the reciprocity of lovers in later life.

  • The Golden Flea: A Story of Obsession and Collecting

    Michael Rips

    Hardback

    An enchanting tale of the search for forgotten treasures at one of the greatest flea markets on earth.

  • What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life

    Mark Doty

    Hardback

    Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Buzzfeed, Library Journal, The Millions, and The Rumpus

    Effortlessly blending biography, criticism, and memoir, National Book Award–winning poet and best-selling memoirist Mark Doty explores his personal quest for Walt Whitman.

  • Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

    Mary Norris

    Paperback

    The beloved Comma Queen returns with a buoyant and charming book about language, love and the wine-dark sea.

  • Because: A Lyric Memoir

    Joshua Mensch

    Paperback

    A gripping verse memoir that offers a compassionate and wrenching account of the author’s experience of childhood sexual abuse.