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Has Anybody Actually Read Meghan McCain's Memoir?

(Aug. 31) -- It's tough out there being a maverick's kid. At least that's the lesson Surge Desk takes away from Meghan McCain (yes, that's John's adult daughter), who today released a new book, "Dirty Sexy Politics," about her time on the 2008 presidential campaign trail. (Or, more specifically, the limited time she...

Justice Sotomayor to Publish Memoir

(July 13) -- Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will soon add "memoirist" to her distinguished resume. Alfred A. Knopf announced it will publish Sotomayor's account of her life, described as a "coming-of-age memoir by an American daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants." "Sonia Sotomayor has lived a remarkable life, and...

Background on memoirs

A memoir (from French: mémoire: memoria, meaning memory, or reminiscence), is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable.

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