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Road Trip Rwanda: A Journey into the New Heart of Africa

The 1994 Rwandan genocide was a particularly gruesome affair, even by 20th century standards of mass extermination. The Hutu-led government orchestrated the slaughter of as many as a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus, with most ... Read More »

October 29, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

A Life with Words: A Writer’s Memoir

By Richard B. Wright

Richard B. Wright’s eloquent memoir of his life as a novelist and teacher is written in the third-person singular. This gives it a big advantage. By referring to himself as “he” rather than “I,” the ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Tuco: The Parrot, the Others, and a Scattershot World

By Brian Brett

The pet memoir is an unfairly maligned genre, a fact only emphasized by the reactions I received when I said I was really enjoying a book about a man and his parrot. We tend to ... Read More »

October 1, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Prison Book Club

By Ann Walmsley

Ian Brown’s 2009 memoir, The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for His Disabled Son – an unvarnished, heartrending account of Brown’s efforts to connect with his uncommunicative, seriously disabled child – struck a ... Read More »

September 28, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Light Years

By Caroline Woodward

When we embark on dream-chasing, life-altering decisions, we often look for signs and signals to guide us on our way. We imbue the smallest things with meaning, giving our choices purpose, attempting to prove, despite ... Read More »

September 9, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

’Membering

By Austin Clarke

The July 20 issue of Maclean’s magazine features a cover article titled “Get Serious, America,” about the persistent, and apparently intractable, problems with race relations in the U.S. Written by Jonathon Gatehouse, the piece critiques ... Read More »

August 13, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Good as Gone: My Life with Irving Layton

By Anna Pottier

Even the healthiest romantic relationships are often fraught with difficulties, hurt feelings, and heartbreak; what initially are considered unbreakable bonds between individuals are severed by selfishness, emotional baggage, and conflicting personalities. Partnerships that commence with ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Strength of Conviction

By Tom Mulcair

When federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau announced that his party would support the passage of the Conservatives' hugely controversial surveillance and information-sharing legislation, Bill C-51, he opened the door for the New Democratic Party – ... Read More »

August 1, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ This Is Happy

By Camilla Gibb

In her new memoir, Camilla Gibb writes, “Being able to put your experiences into a narrative gives meaning to the life you have lived.” The awareness that allows for this meaning can only come from ... Read More »

July 23, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Crime Seen: From Patrol Cop to Profiler, My Stories from Behind the Yellow Tape

By Kate Lines

Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood haunted me for an entire year. After I had inhaled every word, fascinated yet repulsed by the graphic details in what might be the best-known and best-written of all true-crime ... Read More »

June 23, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography