memoirs

plural of memoir
as in biographies
a history of a person's life the former senator has a lucrative contract to write his memoirs, in which he will supposedly set the record straight

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Recent Examples of memoirs These elucidations are not only fascinating, but wholly original as far as rock star memoirs go. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Recent political memoirs by JD Vance, Andy Beshear, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Raphael Warnock focus on God, morality, and religion. Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026 Remember all those fake memoirs from the early 2000s, by all those writers pretending to be addicts and gangsters and Holocaust survivors? James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 Bourdain published a number of books in his lifetime, including three novels on top of various memoirs related to his life and work in the culinary industry. Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 Published in October 2023, The Woman in Me became one of the fastest-selling celebrity memoirs ever, chronicling Spears’ rise to pop superstardom, the conservatorship that controlled much of her adult life and her eventual return to independence. Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 July 2026 Affairs, substance abuse, behind-the-scenes controversies, and so much more— these celebrity memoirs have it all. Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026 Dervan ended up ghostwriting McCarthy’s memoirs from that tournament. Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 27 June 2026 As part of her research, Batcho took a deep dive into historical memoirs, including several written by authors who, as young adults, joined the Ukrainian Resistance during World War II. Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
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Noun
  • Instead, the new exhibit dilutes the story of slavery by surrounding it with material that has little to do with the President’s House at all, such as biographies of individual Founders and the ins and outs of various constitutional structures.
    John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
  • That approach has helped Z2 turn rock star stories into visually immersive experiences rather than traditional biographies.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 24 July 2026
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  • Early-life cognitive ability, measured through those old autobiographies and school records, tracked with better cognitive outcomes decades later.
    Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Hanks' wife Rita Wilson stars in and co-produces the new show, which features an ever-changing lineup of entertainment, politicians and athletes who read and act out excerpts from other celebrities' autobiographies.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026

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