memoir

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• 12/19/2021
  

  A Passport Tells a Story of a Bygone Time

  by Ron Steinman

  The author's passport, with its pages added to accommodate the visas accrued through decades of foreign journalism, reflects an era of travel that might never return from the twin threats of COVID and the decline of international trust in the United States. 

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• SOURCE: Forward
  11/30/2021
  

  Mel Brooks Delivers 500 Pages on His Favorite Subject – Himself

  "The stuff that hasn’t been public, or at least is tough to find, makes the book worthwhile."

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  4/21/2021
  

  The Historian Annette Gordon-Reed Gets Personal in ‘On Juneteenth’

  "In 'On Juneteenth' Annette Gordon-Reed leads by example, revisiting her own experiences, questioning her own assumptions — and showing that historical understanding is a process, not an end point."

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  2/22/2021
  

  My Brother’s Keeper

  by Ada Ferrer

  Historian Ada Ferrer offers her own family history of separation and reunification around the Cuban revolution. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  2/9/2021
  

  We Were the Last of the Nice Negro Girls

  by Anna Deavere Smith

  The playwright and performance artist Anna Deavere Smith recalls her educational experiences at a small historically white college during the Civil Rights era, and the way the campus climate spurred her fellow Black students to develop a distinct identity. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/16/2020
  

  Jeffrey Goldberg Interviews Barack Obama on History and the State of Democracy

  "If we were going to have a right-wing populist in this country, I would have expected somebody a little more appealing.”

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• 7/26/2020
  

  One of the Chicago 7 Reflects on Dissident Politics Then and Now

  by Lee Weiner

  A veteran of dissident politics in the 1960s warns that while today's broad coalition of activists for a more just and democratic America are on the right track, they must learn from the mistakes of an older generation and find ways to keep united despite difference. 

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  6-9-14
  

  Rumor: Brown historian and Bill Clinton speechwriter Ted Widmer helped Hillary write her memoir

  Their exact contributions, however, aren’t spelled out.