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The Wall Street Journal also reviewed Ben Yagoda’s Memoir: A History . Reviewer John Gross notes Yagoda’s appreciation for modern memoirs:
On the whole, Mr. Yagoda celebrates the greater honesty of contemporary memoirs, in comparison with their often less-than-frank predecessors ...
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In recent memory Edmund Morris’ Dutch and the James Frey scandal showed me memoirs were merely biographies and autobiographies where the author was allowed to make stuff up. Ben Yagoda’s Memoir: A History looks like it offers up plenty of supporting material for my thesis.
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This was a pleasant surprise. My copy of Going Rogue arrived from Amazon.com. I expected it next week.
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You can help get more World War II veterans to Washington, DC to see their memorial by donating to the Honor Flight Network .
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Here are my top podcasts that help make my daily commute more pleasant and enlightening:
EconTalk : Russ Roberts gets the brightest minds in economics to talk about ideas, facts, and theories in a way that’s accessible to both economics newbies and seasoned veterans.
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