memoirs
What It Was Like to Be Stanley Kubrick's Assistant for Three Decades
In the memoir 'Stanley Kubrick and Me: Thirty Years at His Side', the director's longtime assistant sheds light on Kubrick's famously controlled sets and offers a unique portrait of one of the 20th century's most famous filmmakers.
The Weird, Sexy, Touching Emails of Writer Kathy Acker
A new book collects the passionate and discursive correspondence between the postmodern feminist/queer writer and Australian media theorist Ken Wark.
Writer Ryan O’Connell Talks About His New Memoir, Being Gay, and Having Cerebral Palsy
"I never felt disabled enough and I never felt able-bodied enough, so it gave me a total complex."
The Weird, Sexy, Touching Emails of Writer Kathy Acker
This new book collects the passionate and discursive correspondence between the postmodern feminist/queer writer and Australian media theorist Ken Wark.
The Self-Proclaimed 'P. T. Barnum of Booty' Is Making Books Sexy Again
Dennis Hof, the owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch, gives us the exclusive first look at his new memoir about his brothel business and his relationship with his "number-one bitch," Ron Jeremy.
Jenna Jameson Is Writing Books and Telling Men to Stop Victim Shaming
Jenna Jameson has gone from being the world’s most famous porn star to being a best-selling author, a self-described feminist, and a mother of two.
Maya Angelou Is the Reason We Need International Whores’ Day
International Whores' Day, the most necessary holiday you’ve never heard of, is on Monday. In honor of Maya Angelou, let's take this opportunity to finally deal with the fact that she had sex for money. She seemed to have dealt with it just fine.
Jerry Stahl Is Not the Father of a Mutant Child
Although Jerry Stahl became famous for Permanent Midnight, his junkie memoir, he now lives a sedate life with his wife and kid. Luckily for us, normalcy hasn't stopped Jerry from writing Happy Mutant Baby Pills, a novel about a woman who...
Mike Tyson Is a Living Greek Tragedy
Regardless of what you think about Mike Tyson as a person, it's impossible to deny that he has an incredible story to tell. Earlier this week I called him to discuss that story, which includes a new memoir, the pet pigeons that transformed him into a...
Curtis Snow Is Trying to Go Legit
Curtis Snow is a former stickup kid and D-boy who got famous for his pseudo-docudrama Snow on tha Bluff, an extremely raw look at one of America's roughest neighborhoods.
Living, Learning, and Going Long with Gypsy Boots, America’s First Hippie
I met Gypsy Boots in 1970, before I knew he was the nationally famous founder of the hippie movement, and became friends with him in 1995, nine years before America's archetypal holy fool passed away. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about him—what he...