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Michelle Obama recounts growing up in Chicago in which memoir?
Published in 2018, the memoir traces her path from Chicago to the White House over two terms.
Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem is best known as a collection of what?
The 1968 book gathers Didion's reporting and reflection on 1960s California culture.
Nelson Mandela recounts 27 years in prison in which memoir?
Mandela published the memoir in 1994, the year he became South Africa's first Black president.
Which term describes true stories reported like news but written with fiction techniques?
New Journalism uses scenes, dialogue, and close detail, but every quote and event must still be factually true.
What does "authorized" mean in an authorized biography?
Authorized biographers often get interviews and private papers in exchange for subject review.
Walter Isaacson's bestselling 2011 biography profiles which entrepreneur?
Isaacson interviewed Jobs and his colleagues over two years before Jobs died in 2011.
Which writer spent a year in Italy, India, and Indonesia in Eat, Pray, Love?
Gilbert linked each country to a theme: pleasure in Italy, devotion in India, and balance in Indonesia.
Which Venetian merchant's travel book described 13th-century China?
Marco Polo dictated the book to a fellow prisoner in Genoa, and its tales of paper money amazed European readers.
Which Truman Capote book recounts the real 1959 Clutter family murders in Kansas?
Capote spent years in Kansas interviewing investigators and the killers to rebuild the case scene by scene.
Which kind of book tells the life story of a real person?
The word joins Greek roots for life and writing, which is why biographies cover real lives.