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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Recent Examples of memoirs
Ferrer’s memoirs are nuanced and deeply insightful, if sometimes a little too close to hagiography.
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Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
The film crosses sites where camps once stood, setting them against diaries, memoirs and letters by prisoners.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 May 2026
The simple, linear narrative structure of WWE conversion memoirs and the Kardashian narrative—tales of struggle and triumph—is common to both media enterprises.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Created by Eugene Pack and co-created by Dayle Reyfel, Celebrity Autobiography features stars reading — and dramatically acting out — excerpts from famous memoirs, leaning into the unintentionally funny, overly revealing and often absurd moments found within their pages.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
One recurring theme in Caputo’s writing — in both his memoirs and his novels — grew out of his experiences in Vietnam.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Other subjects include topics like the evolution of capitalism, writing of flash memoirs, and even a study of Pinocchio throughout the centuries.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
Another appearance in print occurs in 1880, in the memoirs of a Canadian missionary called Sheldon Jackson—also a prominent founder of schools where Native children were forcibly assimilated.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
This enjoyable, varied story collection’s author has written four memoirs and six poetry collections.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
The film crosses sites where camps once stood, setting them against diaries, memoirs and letters by prisoners.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 11 May 2026
The simple, linear narrative structure of WWE conversion memoirs and the Kardashian narrative—tales of struggle and triumph—is common to both media enterprises.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Created by Eugene Pack and co-created by Dayle Reyfel, Celebrity Autobiography features stars reading — and dramatically acting out — excerpts from famous memoirs, leaning into the unintentionally funny, overly revealing and often absurd moments found within their pages.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
One recurring theme in Caputo’s writing — in both his memoirs and his novels — grew out of his experiences in Vietnam.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Other subjects include topics like the evolution of capitalism, writing of flash memoirs, and even a study of Pinocchio throughout the centuries.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
Another appearance in print occurs in 1880, in the memoirs of a Canadian missionary called Sheldon Jackson—also a prominent founder of schools where Native children were forcibly assimilated.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
This enjoyable, varied story collection’s author has written four memoirs and six poetry collections.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memoirs
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Now Nicholas Fox Weber, the executive director of the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation for more than four decades, as well as the author of previous biographies on the artists Balthus and Le Corbusier, seeks to remedy this oversight with an intimate new biography.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
9 May 2026
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Artists who aim to be as enigmatic as Allen often refrain from discussing their biographies, since doing so might impose an unwanted reading on the work.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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The comedy production blends solo readings with ensemble mash-ups, where multiple autobiographies collide into comedic scenes complete with love triangles and wildly different versions of the same stories.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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When women came to write spiritual texts—autobiographies, meditations, letters—their own bodies provided an imagery to describe the contours of their belief.—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
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