As and When: Intro to Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies - hosted by joemkl

Someone you know nothing about
Read an autobiography, memoir, or biography of someone whose name is totally unfamiliar to you.
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A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story

Elaine Brown

464 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Rememberings by Sinéad O'Connor

Rememberings

Sinéad O'Connor

7 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Songs that Shook the Planet by Chuck D

Songs that Shook the Planet

Chuck D

1 hour, 44 minutes • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction music challenging dark medium-paced
Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself by Crystal Hefner

Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

Crystal Hefner

6 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Call Me American: A Memoir by Abdi Nor Iftin

Call Me American: A Memoir

Abdi Nor Iftin

10 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Stay True by Hua Hsu

Stay True

Hua Hsu

5 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Lacey Lamar, Amber Ruffin

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism

Lacey Lamar, Amber Ruffin

5 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny reflective fast-paced
The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal by Brian H. Williams

The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal

Brian H. Williams

7 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir race science challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Rabbit by Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber

Rabbit

Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber

7 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective fast-paced