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Frank Turner recommended Here Comes Everybody: The Story of The Pogues in Books (curated)

 
Here Comes Everybody: The Story of The Pogues
Here Comes Everybody: The Story of The Pogues
James Fearnley | 2012 | Biography
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"Another music pick, this time from James who is the accordion player in The Pogues. I read his memoir, Here Comes Everybody, about half way through writing my own, and it made me go back and change some things as it was just so good. It made me really think about my own writing and how I could improve it. Even if you’re not a huge Pogues fan it’s well worth a read."

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Emily Mortimer recommended Notes From The Underground in Books (curated)

 
Notes From The Underground
Notes From The Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Max Bollinger | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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"This still feels like one of the most radical books I’ve ever read. It’s considered to be the first existential novel. It’s the memoir of a nameless retired civil servant in Saint Petersburg who’s staging a protest against rational thought and says things like “Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I'm human.”"

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Maggie Nelson recommended Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration in Books (curated)

 
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
David Wojnarowicz, Olivia Laing | 2017 | Art, Photography & Fashion
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"Published just before he died of AIDS, Wojnarowicz’s memoir is a classic of outlaw literature and political fury. Wojnarowicz — who was a great artist as well as writer — wheels through his wickedly difficult childhood, the deaths of friends and lovers, great sex writing, thoughts about art, screeds against the likes of Jesse Helms, all the while facing down his own imminent demise. It’s sad, funny, angry and transporting, a kaleidoscope on fire."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Klotsvog in Books

Oct 7, 2020  
Klotsvog
Klotsvog
Margarita Khemlin | 2009
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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3.5* If you’ve ever wanted to understand what the term “unreliable narrator” means, the story of Maya Abramovna Klotsvog, who lives in the USSR after WWII, by Margarita Khemlin is an excellent example. Told like a memoir, this novel translated by Lisa C. Hayden, seems simple but is very different. See what I thought about it in my #bookreview here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2019/08/23/but-that-is-not-my-point/
  
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Kim Tierney (5309 KP) rated Hollywood Park in Books

May 27, 2020  
Hollywood Park
Hollywood Park
Mikel Jollett | 2020 | Biography
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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Hollywood Park, by Mikell Jollett, is an eloquently written memoir of heartbreak, identity, and turmoil. It is the story of a broken boy that grows into a man that wants not only to understand why he is broken but also how to fix the parts that he can. He spent his childhood memorizing and reciting the serenity prayer; as an adult he finally understood the line about changing the things he can.