Biography & Memoir
“On My Way”: The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess
Hardback
A revelatory history of the operatic masterpiece that both made and destroyed Rouben Mamoulian, its director and unsung hero.
Crazy Brave: A Memoir
Paperback
A “raw and honest” (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States.
Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer
Paperback
A 2012 New York Times Book Review Notable Book
"Staggering, searing…Ms. Gubar deserves the highest admiration for her bravery and honesty." —New York Times
The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
Hardback
The Washington Post Notable Non-Fiction of 2013
On the seventy-fifth anniversary of Kristallnacht comes this untold story of a teenager whose act of defiance would have dire international consequences.
My Life
Revised and Updated
Paperback
A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella.