Collection: Autobiography & Memoir

  *Now a comedy series on Netflix!* From the stand-up comedian, actress, and host beloved for her cheeky swagger, unique voice, and unapologetic frankness comes...

An intimate exploration of motherhood, Linea Nigra approaches the worries and joys of childbearing from a diverse range of inspirations and traditions, from Louise Bourgeois to Ursula...

A hilariously intimate memoir that gets to the turbulent joys and pains of coming of age and looking for love as a Black woman in...

WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE "A compelling and important history that this nation desperately needs to hear." - Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just...

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, Monsters is "part memoir, part treatise, and all treat" ( The New York Times)....

  A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and toxicity that has wormed its way into society--in our books, schools,...

From the celebrated poet behind bone, a collection of poems that tells a story of coming-of-age, uncovering the cruelty and beauty of the world, going under,...

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James--from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in...

Daughter is a memoir-style collection of poems and essays by model and poet Ebonee Davis that form the narrative of what it looked like for a...

As a two-time Super Bowl champion, three-time Pro-Bowler, first round draft pick, and former Jim Thorpe Award recipient, Malcolm Jenkins knows a thing or two...

A memoir penned with one good finger, Ndopu writes about being profoundly disabled and profoundly successful Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu was born with spinal muscular...

To Jeezy's legion of fans, his name is synonymous with hustle, grit, and the integrity to go out there and achieve your dreams. In his...

  Olympian and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally ready to share the vivid and heartbreaking story of how the world came to know her...

In the vein of Somebody's Daughter, this wild, vivid addiction memoir from the host of the podcast The Only One in the Room "will inspire, awe, entertain, educate,...

beautiful collection brings together an outstanding roster of Black creative voices to honor, celebrate, and foster Black excellence. The New Brownies' Book reimagines the very first...

Poet and journalist Shayla Lawson follows their National Book Critics Circle finalist This Is Major with these daring and exquisitely crafted essays, where Lawson journeys across the...

"All I can say is that I'm a shaker-upper. That's exactly what I am." --Shirley Chisholm   When Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy for the...

  The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world...

He Never Came Home is a collection of 22 personal essays written by girls and women who have been separated from their fathers by way of...

The never-before-told story of the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh--icons who changed each other and the world   The day...

With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by...

What does it mean to be a body behind a screen, lost in the hustle of an online world? In our age of digital hyper-connection,...

A compelling reckoning with the birth of women's health that illuminates the sacrifices of a young woman who changed the world only to be forgotten by it--until now For...