Books by Alia Volz
“Volz’s mother was the main vendor of pot brownies in San Francisco in the 1970s, and into the ‘80s. She literally pushed Alia around in a stroller, delivering pot brownies to all the artists and restaurants around the city and at Fisherman’s Wharf. It was a major business. There’s another level of the book that’s a social and political history of San Francisco, including the assassination of Harvey Milk, the beginning of Aids, etc. It turns out that these pot brownie vendors were some of the first people to explore the medical uses of marijuana. They were forces in the decriminalisation process as well.” Read more...
The Best Memoirs: The 2021 NBCC Autobiography Shortlist
Marion Winik, Journalist
Interviews where books by Alia Volz were recommended
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
by Cathy Park Hong -
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This is Major: On Diana Ross, Dark Girls and Being Dope
by Shayla Lawson -
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Golem Girl: A Memoir
by Riva Lehrer -
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The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
by Wayétu Moore -
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Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana and the Stoning of San Francisco
by Alia Volz
The Best Memoirs: The 2021 NBCC Autobiography Shortlist, recommended by Marion Winik
The Best Memoirs: The 2021 NBCC Autobiography Shortlist, recommended by Marion Winik
From fleeing the Liberian civil war to selling pot brownies in San Francisco, the finalists for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle award for the best autobiography offer five vivid life stories, told expertly. Critic, broadcaster and author Marion Winik talks us through the brilliant memoirs that made the 2021 shortlist.
