Books by Laurie Hertzel
Laurie Hertzel is senior editor for books at the Minneapolis Star Tribune and is an award-winning journalist and writer of short fiction. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction from Queens University, teaches memoir writing at the Loft Literary Center, and serves as autobiography chair of the National Book Critics Circle board.
Interviews with Laurie Hertzel
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Educated: A Memoir
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The Day That Went Missing: A Family's Story
by Richard Beard -
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All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir
by Nicole Chung -
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What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth: A Memoir of Brotherhood
by Rigoberto González -
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Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
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Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
by Nell Painter
The Best Memoirs: The 2019 National Book Critics Circle Awards Shortlist, recommended by Laurie Hertzel
The Best Memoirs: The 2019 National Book Critics Circle Awards Shortlist, recommended by Laurie Hertzel
An increasing diversity of voices and willingness to experiment has heralded a new golden age of autobiography, says literary critic Laurie Hertzel. Here she highlights the very best: the six memoirs recently shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Awards.