Books by Shayla Lawson
“This is a really edgy book. Lawson says things that may get on people’s nerves… and she really doesn’t care. She gets into the whole woke scenario in a really interesting way, both in real life and on social media, which is as you know a big vehicle for wokeness and social justice warrior-ing.” Read more...
The Best Memoirs: The 2021 NBCC Autobiography Shortlist
Marion Winik, Journalist
Interviews where books by Shayla Lawson were recommended
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
by Cathy Park Hong -
2
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 -
4
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.
