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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of The In-Betweens: A Lyrical Memoir
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The In-Betweens: A Lyri­cal Memoir
Davon Loeb
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Non­fic­tion
Still Pic­tures: On Pho­tog­ra­phy and Memory
Janet Mal­colm
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Excerpt — Hon­ey Cake & Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Birke­­nau Survivors

Maria Zalews­ka, Auschwitz-Birke­nau Memo­r­i­al Foundation 
April 3, 2023
Essay

Invis­i­ble Legacies

Yael Schon­brun
March 27, 2023
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Hap­pi­ly: A Per­son­al His­to­ry-with Fairy Tales
Sab­ri­na Orah Mark
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The Best Strangers in the World: Sto­ries from a Life Spent Listening
Ari Shapiro
Essay

Sto­ries That Don’t End

Jane Sag­i­naw
March 6, 2023
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After­math: Com­ing of Age on Three Continents
Annette Libeskind Berkovits
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Bibi: My Story
Ben­jamin Netanyahu
Cover of The Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression
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The Absent Moon: A Mem­oir of a Short Child­hood and a Long Depression
Luiz Schwarcz; Eric M. B. Becker, trans.
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The Num­ber on Your Fore­arm is Blue Like Your Eyes
Eva Umlauf with Stefanie Oswalt; Shelley Frisch, trans.
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Return to Latvia
Marina Jarre; Ann Goldstein, trans.
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Chil­dren’s
On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It
Michael Rosen; Quentin Blake, illus.
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Unearthing: A Sto­ry of Tan­gled Love and Fam­i­ly Secrets
Kyo Maclear
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The Daugh­ter of Auschwitz: My Sto­ry of Resilience, Sur­vival and Hope
Tova Fried­man
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Return­ing from Silence: Jenny’s Story
Michèle Sarde, Ruper Swyer, trans; 
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