EPISODE DESCRIPTION:
Why is it important for artists to tell their own stories? What stories are lost when a biographer compiles an artists' life? What depth is lost when an artist removes unglamorous and embarrassing stories from their memoirs?
In Episode 75, Grace shares a long list of the best artist memoirs, recommended by listeners and guests of the show. Bring your library card!
SHOW NOTES:
- Marilyn: An Untold Story by Norman Rosten
- Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind by Gavin Edwards
- Will by Will Smith
- The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer
- A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston
- Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
- Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, The Flesh, and L.A. by Eve Babitz
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
- Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michaelangelo and Me by Ellen Forney
- Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace
- Just Kids by Patti Smith
- The Bassoon King: Art, Idiocy, and Other Sordid Tales from the Band Room by Rainn Wilson
- The Art of Eating by MFK Fisher
- My Broken Language by Quiara Hudes
- Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazzy Chickens Eddie Izzard
- Absolute Pandemonium: My Louder than Life Story by Brian Blessed
- Born With Teeth by Kate Mulgrew
- Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
- Bossypants by Tina Fey
- Yes, Please by Amy Poehler
- Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
- Walking with Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne
- Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- Society's Child by Janis Ian
- Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
- Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
- Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson
- The Measure of a Man by Sydney Poitier
- Blue Nights by Joan Didion
- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
- Here We Go Again by Betty White
- Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business by Dolly Parton
- Succulent Wild Woman by SARK
- Mo' Betta Blues: The World According to Questlove
- Life by Keith Richards
- The Last Holiday by Gil-Scott Heron
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
- On Writing by Stephen King
- Send Grace your requests for new topics and interview guests: theartlifeshow@gmail.com
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