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In Knife, his memoir of surviving attack, Salman Rushdie confronts a world where liberal principles like free speech are old-fashioned

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Rushdie feared until he dealt with the attempt on his life, he ‘wouldn’t be able to write anything else’. The book is a clearly cathartic story of courage and resilience, but it’s curiously one-eyed.

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Byron’s brutal takedown of wife and mother-in-law revealed in unseen letter giving insight into burnt memoir

www.independent.co.uk

The poet’s manuscript was destroyed after he died amid fears of damage to his reputation

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Vanderpump Rules’ fired star Stassi Schroeder announces new memoir that shares ‘dark things’ and her ‘deepest secrets’

www.the-sun.com

STASSI Schroeder has decided to come out with a memoir about her life where she will reveal some difficult memories from her past.

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‘Truly exciting’ letter about Lord Byron’s memoirs found at Cambridge college

www.expressandstar.com

The letter, from Elizabeth Palgrave, was discovered in Trinity College’s Wren Library.

‘Truly exciting’ letter about Lord Byron’s memoirs found at Cambridge college

www.shropshirestar.com

The letter, from Elizabeth Palgrave, was discovered in Trinity College’s Wren Library.

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Salman Rushdie tells of the violent attack that nearly killed him in memoir 'Knife'

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In his new memoir, Salman Rushdie writes about the young man who leapt from the audience and stabbed and almost killed him in August of 2022. He also describes his love for his wife, Eliza.

Maryland teen accused of threatening school shooting after 'memoir' raises alarms

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Andrea Ye, of Rockville, Maryland, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested after law enforcement was alerted to a 129-page "memoir" he allegedly wrote

Liz Truss accused of using ‘fabricated’ Rothschild quote in new memoir

www.independent.co.uk

Former PM’s publisher reportedly forced to apologise over use of ‘fabricated’ quote

The perfect gift for stock tips! Nancy Pelosi will release a MEMOIR about being the first female House speaker in history

www.dailymail.co.uk

Nancy Pelosi completed a new memoir about her time serving as the first woman speaker of the House in U.S. history. Social media users quickly question whether it will contain stock trading tips.

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Liz Truss's book in breach of rules in place on minister's memoirs

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Liz Truss's memoir broke the rules in place for ministers publishing works about their time in office.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt reveals her 3 kids’ faces for first time on memoir cover

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The actress and her husband, Brian Hallisay, who tied the knot in November 2013, are the parents of Autumn, 10, Atticus, 8, and Aidan, 2.

Pelosi memoir 'The Art of Power' planned for August release

thehill.com

A new memoir penned by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will be available later this year, according to publisher Simon & Schuster. In the book, titled “The Art of Power,” Pelosi details her years in public service, legislation she's…

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Rebel Wilson cancels Australian book tour after the actress accused Sacha Baron Cohen of harassment in bombshell memoir

www.dailymail.co.uk

Rebel Wilson has cancelled her book tour in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane which had been scheduled to promote her tell-all memoir Rebel Rising.

Jennifer Love Hewitt reveals first ever image of her three young children after posing with them on cover of her memoir Inheriting Magic

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After welcoming her first child with husband Brian Hallisay more than 10 years ago, Jennifer Love Hewitt opened up about the 'stressful decision' to finally reveal their faces on her book cover

Wednesday, Apr 17

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Hayden Panettiere, 34, announces she is coming out with a memoir about her heartbreaking addiction struggle: 'I was on top of the world and I ruined it'

www.dailymail.co.uk

Hayden Panettiere opened up on about how addiction impacted her acting career in her forthcoming memoir. She said it was 'both daunting and exciting' as she shared her story in book form for the first time.

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Tom Selleck, 79, became an actor by ACCIDENT after '60s Pepsi commercial but had 'many failures' before landing Magnum PI at age 35 the Blue Bloods star writes in his new memoir: 'It was a long road'

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When he starred in a Pepsi commercial in the late 1960s, he started to feel that he could make a living as an actor, but it was a 'long road' to fame that was littered with many 'failures,' he told People.

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O.J. Simpson Used Memoir to Say He ‘Blacked Out’ at Grisly Scene of Ex-Wife’s Murder

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O.J. Simpson writes about it in his quasi-confessional memoir titled 'If I Did It,' in which he imagined how the killings happened. Continue reading…

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GOP Senate Candidate’s Error-Laden Memoir Villainized Baltimore, Freddie Gray

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Larry Hogan, the former Maryland Republican governor, has a moderate reputation — but spent his career wrongfully demonizing Baltimore