Tag Archives: Autobiography

Lucky

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

Best-known as the author of The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold’s “Lucky” is her memoir of having been raped as a freshman in college, and the effect that it had on her life. Continue reading →

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The Year of Living Biblically

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

One passage which stuck with me was when he questions why God would need to be praised all of the time – if he is the greatest being in the universe, surely he doesn’t have a self-esteem problem which would require constant reassurance. Continue reading →

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

Angelou’s writing lends a poetry to her life that makes the terrible things somehow okay, and the good things even better. Caged Bird is stunning portrait of a young black girl’s place in not only the south, but the greater world beyond it, and is a VERY worthwhile read. Continue reading →

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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. Continue reading →

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