YA Memoirs
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Nonfiction in the News
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay Writing a Personal Essay-Themed Book: ‘Ya’ll Know I Won’t Hold Back’ [People]
New Nonfiction
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience edited by Tarana Burke, Brené Brown
Why Peacocks? An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World’s Most Magnificent Bird by Sean Flynn
African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otele
Turning Pointe: How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself by Chloe Angyal
Quick Mentions
- There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis, edited by Tracy K. Smith and John Freeman
- The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis
Yay for YA Memoirs!
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done by Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser
Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD by Allison Britz
Reading Now
KIM: A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
ALICE: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
CONCLUSION
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