In his memoir Poking Fun at My Pusillanimity: A Queer Southern Becoming, Kenneth Cupp describes living with his mother and step-father in MawMaw Elsie’s house after leaving a crowded trailer, sharing space in closely monitored and conservative routines. At school, he's repeatedly bullied by Rob,...

In Discovering a Hidden Thread in My Family Tree: A Personal Genealogical Discovery Involving Lucille Ball, Susan Lorraine Kadera takes you on a journey about the significance of family connections, even remote ones. While clicking through genealogical sites online, she discovers that she shares ancestors...

Stay Thirsty by Mark Haertzen, with Mike E. Brown, is a self-help business memoir that explores Haertzen's series of ventures, using each one to determine what can produce a dependable income and what isn't going to work. From his early attempts at selling small goods...

Raised on Black and White TV by Carol Denise Mitchell is a reflective narrative that explores how early television shaped identity, culture, and perception through the eyes of a Black woman growing up in mid-20th-century America. The book opens with a nostalgic prologue that frames...

Beautifully Broken by Lavon Hodge follows the author’s journey from a fractured childhood in the Caribbean to a life of purpose in the U.S. Army. Born into a world of maternal coldness and hidden secrets, Lavon’s early years were spent navigating the trauma of physical...

Becoming a Mom: An IVF Story by Liz Jauvtis chronicles the author’s deeply moving journey into motherhood. After being a babysitter to a single mother in her teen years, Liz decided she also wanted to be a mother someday. However, she did not expect to...

Essence Merging by Colleen Quinn is an intense chronicle of Colleen’s journey into mysticism, sparked by her meeting a man named Finnegan. It’s not your typical spiritual memoir; it gets into the depths of tantric breathwork, gaze unions, and the massive kundalini surges that basically...

In Fractured, Debra Morgan recounts her upbringing after being abandoned by her biological mother as a young child; her grandmother raises her in a household characterized by blurred family roles. Her upbringing is marked by repeated exposure to emotional and physical abuse, along with manipulation...

In Dance While the Fire Burns, Deborah Ann Lucas traces a life marked by repeated upheavals as her childhood moves give way to adult years shaped by almost every conceivable calamity, and the ongoing presence of horses and art as the only stable parts of...

Everwoven: A Memoir. A Reckoning by Megan Margherio is a personal narrative that moves between past and present, exploring memory, trauma, and healing. It unfolds through fragmented vignettes and conversations between “Little Me,” “Teen Me,” and the author, showing how memory resides in the body...