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Flatiron Books Q&A: Chloe Shaw, Origins of WHAT IS A DOG?

Editor’s Note: Chloe Shaw grew up in Brooklyn Heights as Chloe Bland. Her first book, What Is a Dog?, debuted in July and has received widespread critical acclaim. She will Continue Reading

Posted On : July 30, 2021 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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  • Memoir

Journalist Rides the Waves to a New Life on Rockaway Beach

Diane Cardwell lost her father, her job, and her marriage within five years. And in the wake of her losses, the former New York Times reporter and founder of Vibe Continue Reading

Posted On : July 17, 2020 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Daily Bookmark: New graphic memoir takes a comic look at the art of addiction

A new graphic memoir from David Heatley, author of “My Brain is Hanging Upside Down,” explores the author’s ironic relationship to 12-Step programs, an interest that grew from a self-improvement Continue Reading

Posted On : October 22, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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  • Memoir

Daily Bookmark: Patti Smith heads west in third memoir

In “M Train” and “Just Kids,” rocker and writer Patti Smith wrote about her early adulthood spent hanging around New York City, playing in punk bands, falling in love with Continue Reading

Posted On : October 1, 2019 Published By : Alex Williamson
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  • Memoir
  • Non-fiction
  • Nonfiction

Brooklyn Author Explains What it Means to Worry — About Everything

Brooklyn resident Jen Epstein was born a worrier. As a child, she worried her uvula would break off and she would swallow it and choke to death. Then she worried Continue Reading

Posted On : November 6, 2018 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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See rare photographs, drawings in illustrated version of Patti Smith’s ‘Just Kids’

First published in 2010, “Just Kids” by Patti Smith became an instant classic. The iconic book, winner of the National Book Award and number four on the New York Times Continue Reading

Posted On : October 31, 2018 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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  • Memoir

Tyler Wetherall shares memoir about life on the run

There were many things Tyler Wetherall didn’t know while growing up. She didn’t know her real surname until she was nine years old. She didn’t know her dad was a Continue Reading

Posted On : March 27, 2018 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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  • Memoir

NYC anti-poverty advocate releases gripping memoir on her battle with cancer

Jennifer Jones Austin, New York City native, nonprofit executive and child advocate released her debut book “Consider It Pure Joy” on March 1 with book signings in New York City followed by Continue Reading

Posted On : March 26, 2018 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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  • Art
  • Memoir

Instagram sensation Mari Andrew celebrates book launch in Brooklyn

Mari Andrew started doodling when she worked at a bakery — and she took some license with the display case labels. When customers noticed and began telling her the drawings Continue Reading

Posted On : March 26, 2018 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Brooklyn resident tells the untold story of Division I sports in new memoir

Unlike the stories of the most visible Division I college athletes, Bushwick resident Amanda Ottaway’s story has more in common with those of the 80 percent of college athletes who Continue Reading

Posted On : February 28, 2018 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Re-visiting Marine Park with Mark Chiusano

Marine Park is one of those south Brooklyn neighborhoods that often gets overlooked. In his debut collection “Marine Park,” Mark Chiusano immortalized the spirit and the cast of characters that Continue Reading

Posted On : February 2, 2018 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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In debut memoir, musician Jake Shears depicts life in late 1990s Brooklyn

It is rare for a celebrity who has achieved renown working in one medium to reveal that they are just as adept at working in another. However, Jake Shears has Continue Reading

Posted On : January 3, 2018 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Iron Maiden Front Man Gives A Rare Backstage Glimpse In New Memoir

Heavy metal pioneers since their formation in 1975, Iron Maiden have sold over 90 million albums and played over 2000 shows in 63 countries, making them one of the most Continue Reading

Posted On : October 23, 2017 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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Punk Musician, Writer To Speak in DUMBO

Richard Hell Launches Autobiography March 4 Musician, writer, and provocateur Richard Hell was at the center of the social and cultural upheaval of the 1970s that came to be called Continue Reading

Posted On : February 24, 2014 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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A Last Good-bye

By Sandra Hurtes From “The Ambivalent Memoirist“ Manhattan is now my home. But today I look over my shoulder at the Brooklyn that raised me. I look into an obscure Continue Reading

Posted On : January 30, 2014 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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  • Memoir
  • Non-fiction

‘Tarpaper Dreams’ evokes historic Brooklyn

Memoirist Recalls Sister’s Job as Eagle Reporter Though she’s migrated to a small town in the Sierra Foothills, California, author Jean Humburg’s latest book, “Tarpaper Dreams,” is largely focused on Continue Reading

Posted On : January 28, 2014 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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  • Events
  • Memoir
  • Non-fiction

Veteran Adrian Bonenberger launches wartime memoir with NY Times’ James Dao

In “Afghan Post,” the New York Times blogger and veteran Adrian Bonenberger conveys the unforgettable emotional reality of his military experience through the cracked lens of his wartime correspondence. On Jan. Continue Reading

Posted On : January 26, 2014 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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BAM and Greenlight Bookstore’s literary series ‘Unbound’ returns Jan. 27

Unbound: A Literary Series with BAM and Greenlight Bookstore will return for a third season of unique talks and two highly anticipated book launches by contemporary authors Angélique Kidjo (Jan. 27) Continue Reading

Posted On : January 13, 2014 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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  • Memoir
  • Non-fiction

‘When Brooklyn Was Heaven’ revives Depression-era Brooklyn

People from all over the world who love stories about New York, particularly about growing up in Brooklyn, are fired up with enthusiasm over Stan Levenson’s memoir, “When Brooklyn Was Continue Reading

Posted On : December 23, 2013 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat
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  • Events
  • Memoir
  • Non-fiction

New book explores ‘America’s Self-Help Culture’

As Jessica Lamb-Shapiro points out in this powerful blend of memoir and reportage, everyone is affected by self-help, an industry that generates a billion dollars a year by trading in the many Continue Reading

Posted On : December 19, 2013 Published By : BrooklynBookBeat

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