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Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Hua Hsu
★★★★· Published 2022· 312 pages· read 2023
Hsu's memoir about a college friendship cut short by violence. Tender and precise about who we are at twenty. Deserved the Pulitzer.
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Drinking: A Love Story
Caroline Knapp
Knapp's clear-eyed memoir of loving alcohol and then leaving it. Honest in a way that stays with you.
Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home
Stephen Starring Grant
A beautiful and comforting read. Gave me new insight/appreciation for USPS, Appalachia, and the profundity of nature and service.
End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood
Patty Lin
A TV writer (Friends, Breaking Bad) on why she walked away from Hollywood. Blunt, funny, and refreshingly unsentimental about the dream job.