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MEMOIR AND ESSAYS


DEAR GIRLS


Ali Wong


Each graphic tale
of sex, personal
grooming, childbirth
and motherhood in
stand­up comedian
Wong’s perceptive
and filthy memoir is
set up as a letter to
her daughters—who
are preschool age.


THE


UNWINDING


OF THE


MIRACLE


Julie Yip­
Williams
Born blind, Yip­
Williams survived
her grandmother’s
desire to have
her euthanized
and thrived as
an adult. Then a
terminal cancer
diagnosis changed
everything.

THE SOURCE OF


SELF-REGARD


Toni Morrison


The literary titan
and Nobel laureate’s
last book published
before her death
collects 43 of her
most illuminating
essays, lectures and
eulogies from the
past four decades.


TRICK MIRROR


Jia Tolentino
The essayist’s insights
are sharp whatever
the subject, whether
the ghoulish rise of
Internet culture or the
wedding­industrial
complex—especially
when she examines
her own complicity.

ONCE MORE


WE SAW STARS


Jayson Greene
After losing his
2­year­old daughter
in a tragic accident,
Greene grapples
with living in a world
without her, reckons
with his grief and
ultimately finds a way
back to hope.

HOW WE FIGHT


FOR OUR LIVES


Saeed Jones
Jones, a poet who
grew up gay in Texas,
marries his com­
mand of language
and imagery with his
desire for power over
his existence and
identity and, some­
times, over others.

THICK


Tressie McMillan
Cottom
The sociologist
meditates on
“thickness,” both
as it relates to her
way of taking up
physical space and
to her field, where a
“thick description” is
one offering proper
context.

OVER THE TOP


Jonathan Van
Ness
The effervescent
Queer Eye star details
the adversity he
faced growing up in
the rural Midwest
and reveals that he is
HIV­positive. He has
become a prominent
advocate for that
community.

THE UNDYING
Anne Boyer
Diagnosed with
breast cancer as a
41­year­old single
mother living pay­
check to paycheck,
Boyer is outraged by
the dialogue around
the disease, from its
portrayal on TV to
“pink­ribbon culture.”

GOOD TALK


Mira Jacob
In her graphic mem­
oir, Jacob considers
life experiences
past and present to
answer the difficult
questions posed by
her young biracial son
ahead of the 2016
presidential election.

SURVIVAL MATH


Mitchell S.
Jackson
Jackson’s retelling of
his youth in Portland,
Ore., comprises found
poems, footnotes,
“victim statements”
from women he’s
treated poorly and
“survivor files” from
his male family
members.

Morrison’s
pieces explore
blackness,
womanhood,
language, art
and more

Jacob’s
graphic memoir
features her
own mixed­
media art

After losing
their daughter,
Greene and his
wife eventually
welcomed
another child
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