Memoir

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"Katin is a powerful visual storyteller, deeply honest and personal and sadly, all too relevant."

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“The roots are messy indeed, but the tree blossoming from them is brilliant.”

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“This book is both witty and fierce. It’s a gift that keeps on giving, and we can only hope its nonagenarian author continues to do so as well.”

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“thoughtfully rendered, carried through a harrowing, often funny, engaging personal story.”

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“The question of ‘What are you?’ has never been answered with so much charm.”

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“How did a sickly kid from a poor family in Pittsburgh become Andy Warhol, the cultural superstar?”

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“Masterly, vivid, dramatic. . . This is beautiful writing, visceral and deep.”

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“Does an excellent job of describing Debs’ life and work, his passion and purpose.”

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“For a little book, it is a veritable wealth of information. . . . A Sidecar Named Desire belongs with your booze!”

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“Never saccharine, often wry, always charming, this book seduces its readers and infects them with the desire for whimsical dishes and intimate connection.”

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Passing for Human is a compelling weaving of stories about author-illustrator Liana Finck's mother, her father, herself and how each of them has difficulties figuring out themselves, figur

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At the University of Pennsylvania, where I teach memoir, I’ve started a tradition.

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Riad Sattouf, the cartoonist and social commentator, has drawn a colorful and engaging first chapter of his three-part autobiography—now in English.