Books like Two or Three Things I Know for Sure
12 books with a reading profile close to Two or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy Allison. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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How to Say Babylon
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Safiya Sinclair recounts her childhood in Jamaica under the rigid authority of her father, a strict Rastafarian musician who enforced a sequestered life to protect his daughters from "Babylon," his term for the corrupti…
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Mother Mary Comes to Me
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Arundhati Roy's 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' is a collection of essays and non-fiction pieces rather than a novel, despite the evocative title.
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Tropical classical
by Pico Iyer
memoir, literary
In this collection of essays, Pico Iyer examines the collision of Western cultural exports with the local realities of the post-colonial world.
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4
Letters to Milena
by Franz Kafka
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Franz Kafka’s correspondence with Milena Jesenská begins as a professional exchange regarding the translation of his prose into Czech but quickly pivots into a private record of obsessive emotional attachment.
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5
Everything Sad Is Untrue
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Khosrou, called Daniel, is a twelve-year-old Iranian refugee living in a small town in Oklahoma.
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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
by Mira Jacob
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
In this graphic memoir, Mira Jacob documents a series of difficult discussions with her young son, her husband, and her extended family.
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Jeanette Winterson’s semi-autobiographical novel follows Jeanette, a young girl adopted into a strict Pentecostal household in Northern England.
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8
Just Kids
by Patti Smith
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Just Kids chronicles the relationship between Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, beginning with their chance meeting in Brooklyn in 1967.
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When All Is Said
by Anne Griffin
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Maurice Hannigan, an elderly Irish farmer, sits in a pub in a small town one evening and orders five drinks, one for each person who has been important in his life.
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Alexandra Fuller outlines her upbringing in 1970s and 80s Rhodesia, Malawi, and Zambia during a period of violent decolonization.
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11
Little Weirds
by Jenny Slate
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Jenny Slate’s collection of lyrical essays centers on the internal reclamation of her house and spirit following a painful divorce.
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Le Consentement
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
In this memoir, Vanessa Springora details her relationship as a thirteen-year-old girl with the celebrated writer Gabriel Matzneff, who was then fifty.
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