Tag: memoirs
Q&A: Raymond Santana, one of the Exonerated Five, on his new YA memoir and life in Atlanta
Pushing Hope, an illustrated memoir, is geared toward young adult readers and highlights the importance of hope and resilience in spite of obstacles. Santana, who now splits his time between New York and Atlanta, shares what he hopes readers will take away from the book and reveals how impactful living in Atlanta has been for his growth.
5 of the most Atlanta moments in RuPaul’s new memoir
12-time Emmy-winning global drag superstar RuPaul fondly recalls his star-making days in Atlanta in the late 1970s and early 80s in his new memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings, released this week. Here are five of the most Atlanta-centric moments recounted in the new book.
Spring reading list: 10 new books by or about Georgians
Looking for new books to add to your reading list? Here are 10 either written by Georgia authors or about Georgians themselves.
Excerpt: Yamma Brown’s memoir ‘Cold Sweat: My Father James Brown and Me’
In the memoir Cold Sweat: My Father James Brown and Me (Chicago Review Press), Yamma Brown writes about growing up in the shadow of celebrity and domestic violence. She is equally candid about her parents’ troubled marriage (“the beatings always began the same way, with the same terrible sounds”) and the dichotomy of her life after their divorce.
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