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Dirk Hanson

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Showing posts with label addiction memoirs. Show all posts

Showing posts with label addiction memoirs. Show all posts

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Book Review of "Drunken Angel"

A hipster gets his shit straight—sort of. Addiction memoirs remain one of the most popular forms of autobiography on the shelves. But now...

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Falling Down and Getting Up: Nic Sheff’s New Addiction Book

Sheff jumps back on the carousel, lives to tell about it. What would it be like to have written a drug memoir and an autobiography befo...

Saturday, March 19, 2011

A River of Rage and Redemption

An interview with writer James Brown. “Who could blame a reader, after James Frey's discredited 'A Million Little Pieces,' fo...

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Love, Loss, and Addiction

Review of “This River” by James Brown. James Brown, author of “ The L.A. Diaries, ” has offered up another candid and courageous memoir in...

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A (Belated) Review of "The Los Angeles Diaries"

A powerful—and true—memoir of addiction. I’ll admit it: I don’t like drug memoirs. I didn’t like drug memoirs even before James Frey blew u...

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