as in biographies
a history of a person's life
the former senator has a lucrative contract to write his memoirs, in which he will supposedly set the record straight
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The best memoirs do a little bit of both.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
By letting readers into their unique, often deeply emotional journeys, memoirs and personal essays hold up a mirror to an experience that's outside our own.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Based on the memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, the play begins in the 1920s in Seattle.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
This seems to be the year of memoirs, novels, and biographies.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Inspired by the 1957 memoirs of legendary burlesque entertainer, stripper and actress Gypsy Rose Lee, the enduring musical has a masterful book by Arthur Laurents rich in character development and captivating dramatic structure.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
In her memoirs, Twin Voices, Jan writes how in her classroom of 24 students, eight were diagnosed with paralytic polio.
—Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Unfinished books include volumes that were abandoned or destroyed, like Plath’s Double Exposure or Lord Byron’s memoirs, which were burned by his friends and loved ones in what has been called the greatest crime in literary history.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Thankfully, both of these memoirs deliver on both sounds.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
By letting readers into their unique, often deeply emotional journeys, memoirs and personal essays hold up a mirror to an experience that's outside our own.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Based on the memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, the play begins in the 1920s in Seattle.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
This seems to be the year of memoirs, novels, and biographies.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Inspired by the 1957 memoirs of legendary burlesque entertainer, stripper and actress Gypsy Rose Lee, the enduring musical has a masterful book by Arthur Laurents rich in character development and captivating dramatic structure.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
In her memoirs, Twin Voices, Jan writes how in her classroom of 24 students, eight were diagnosed with paralytic polio.
—Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Unfinished books include volumes that were abandoned or destroyed, like Plath’s Double Exposure or Lord Byron’s memoirs, which were burned by his friends and loved ones in what has been called the greatest crime in literary history.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
Thankfully, both of these memoirs deliver on both sounds.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Memoirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoirs. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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