The Lucky Ones: A Memoir is a moving personal story from ZARA CHOWDHARY, a survivor of anti-Muslim violence in contemporary India. Tracing a multigenerational Muslim family back to India’s brave but bloody origins, it offers a glimpse into the precious, everyday lives of contemporary Muslims who are under siege but still offer grace as the world outside – and their place in it – falls apart. Joining her in conversation is author and journalist MEENA AHAMED.…

R. DEREK BLACK’s The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism is a memoir from the child of a former Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan and the once-heir apparent to white nationalism. After an early life built on fear, Black publicly renounced white nationalism, showing how a child indoctrinated with hate can become an anti-racist adult and a powerful driver of change. CNN correspondent ELLE REEVE was not surprised by the January 6 insurrection.…

Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir captures ZOË BOSSIERE’s experience as a trans child growing up in an Arizona trailer park. As they reckon with the sexism, racism, substance abuse, and violence endemic to the traditionally masculine, working-class men in their life, they struggle to escape what it means to live in a gendered body. American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era is a moving portrait of eight transgender and nonbinary teenagers.…

But What Will People Say?: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures rethinks traditional therapy and self-care. SAHAJ KAUR KOHLI, MA.ED, LGPC, weaves personal narrative, anecdotal analysis, and comprehensive research, offering tools to navigate generational trauma, guilt, and boundaries, and breaking down stigmas around therapy as she celebrates cultural duality. RAQUEL REICHARD’s Self-Care for Latinas: 100+ Ways to Prioritize & Rejuvenate Your Mind, Body, & Spirit offers more than 100 exercises for wellness,…

MARIANNE LEONE’s Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy is a poignant memoir about living through unimaginable grief and rediscovering joy after loss. When their only son died unexpectedly when he was just 17, Leone and her husband found mutual healing – and their way to a new life – alongside a pack of rescue dogs. Moderated by author ANN HOOD. Buy Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy – Leone Buy The Stolen Child: A Novel – Hood…

In Warrior Judge: One Man’s Journey from Gridiron to Gavel, ED NEWMAN and daughter HOLLY NEWMAN GREENBERG go inside the unforgiving world of the NFL from the perspective of a former player. Warrior Judge chronicles Newman’s journey playing for the Miami Dolphins – where he overcame culture shock, hazing, coaches’ doubts, cancer, injury, and antisemitism – to becoming an elected judge after a career-ending injury. Buy Warrior Judge: One Man’s Journey from Gridiron to Gavel – Newman Buy Warrior Judge: One Man’s Journey from Gridiron to Gavel – Greenberg…

The House on G Street: A Cuban Family Saga tells Cuba’s story through the lens of LISANDRO PÉREZ’s own family: the tales of two officers who fought for Cuban independence; a plantation owner who smuggled himself onto a ship; families divided by politics; an orphaned boy who went on to amass a fortune; a fatal lovest triangle; and the ever-growing presence of the U.S. Moderated by MICHAEL J. BUSTAMANTE, PH.D., director of the Cuban studies program at the University of Miami’s College of Arts &…

In VANESSA CHAKOUR’s Earthly Bodies: Embracing Animal Nature, she draws parallels from struggles she has weathered in her own life to those endured by 23 different wild animals, exploring our unease of feeling like prey; challenging the entrapment of our limiting beliefs; contextualizing the turmoil of fractured landscapes; and affirming our primal ache to belong. In BRANDON KEIM’s Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More-than-Human World, the science journalist observes that honeybees deliberate democratically,…

LORI TUCKER-SULLIVAN’s I Can’t Remember If I Cried: Rock Widows on Life, Love, and Legacy is part music history, part memoir, based on interviews with women who stood next to some of rock’s greatest icons. What became of them? How did they survive their losses? With each interview, Tucker-Sullivan, a widow herself, learned lessons in love, forgiveness, coping, and moving on. Heard from in the book are Judy VanZant, Sandy Chapin, Crystal Zevon, Jamie Weiland, and VERA RAMONE KING,…

In Building Material: The Memoir of a Park Avenue Doorman, STEPHEN BRUNO writes about life as a sentinel of a high-end residential building. There are class matters, hilarity, and drama as he learns the dos and don’ts and witnesses the antics behind the front entrance. FIROOZEH DUMAS’ Sob is a one-hour audio story about grief, healing, and miracles. With her signature wit, she recounts her personal journey through this uncharted and unplanned chapter, one that led to a deeper truth about herself.…

Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake is KOMAIL AIJAZUDDIN’s story of courage, love, and bravery. Growing up in Pakistan, ashamed of his body and knowing he was different, he believed his only chance at happiness existed in a gay-friendly America. But after arriving in a post-9/11 world, he was forced to navigate prejudice and self-doubt in his quest for a meaningful life. In his part memoir-in-essays, part cultural critique Mean Boys: A Personal History, queer Chinese American writer GEOFFREY MAK speaks of boys wielding cruelty to claim their place in the pecking order.…