Category Archives: Memoir

The Distance Between Us

Posted on May 27, 2016 by racheloriol

Grande, Reyna. The Distance Between Us: A Memoir. New York: Atria Books, 2012. Perhaps because I am the mother of a one and a half year old, and perhaps because I feel vulnerable due to income, future work, and stability, … Continue reading →

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Fierce Attachments: A Memoir by Vivian Gornick

Posted on April 28, 2016 by racheloriol

Gornick, Vivian. Fierce Attachments: A Memoir. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1987. This memoir was recommended to me by memoirist Daisy Hernández, as she said it was one of the most moving examples of the genre she had read. … Continue reading →

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Rita Moreno: A Memoir

Posted on April 27, 2016 by racheloriol

Moreno, Rita. Rita Moreno: A Memoir. New York: Celebra, 2013. Rita Moreno is a notable Latina figure in the U.S. Her contributions to the big and little screens, stage, and more, are clearly evident in her Emmys, Tony, Oscar, and … Continue reading →

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More than Just a Footnote: Dancing from Connecticut to Revolutionary Cuba

Posted on April 20, 2016 by racheloriol

Burdsall, Lorna. More than Just a Footnote: Dancing from Connecticut to Revolutionary Cuba.Quebec, Canada: AGMV Marquis, 2001. Lorna Burdsall is a well-known modern dancer from Connecticut who married a pre-Cuban Revolutionary, Manuel Piñeiro. Burdsall went on to live in Cuba … Continue reading →

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True Love: A Memoir by Jennifer Lopez

Posted on April 15, 2016 by racheloriol

Lopez, Jennifer. True Love. New York: Celebra, 2014. In the spirit of reading dance memoirs, particularly of Latinas in the U.S., I thought to see if Jennifer Lopez had written a memoir. She had. So I bought it and read … Continue reading →

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Memoir: An Introduction

Posted on March 24, 2016 by racheloriol

Couser, Thomas G. Memoir: An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. I picked up this book because I had read a chapter by Couser in another text on disability and memoir. He is a scholar of life writing and literature, … Continue reading →

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José Limón: An Unfinished Memoir

Posted on March 23, 2016 by racheloriol

Limón, José. An Unfinished Memoir. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1999. As the title suggests, this is an unfinished memoir from José Limón, one of the important choreographers of modern dance. Although unfinished, this autobiographical narrative gave me a distinct background … Continue reading →

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Bird of Paradise: How I Became a Latina (memoir)

Posted on February 23, 2016 by racheloriol

Cepeda, Raquel. Bird of Paradise: How I Became a Latina (a memoir). New York: Atria Books, 2013. This memoir was hard to read. Really hard – it gave me nightmares the first night (one account recalls a baby being dropped … Continue reading →

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A Cup of Water Under my Bed: A Memoir by Daisy Hernández

Posted on January 12, 2016 by racheloriol

Hernández, Daisy. A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir. Beacon Press: Boston, 2014. I’m back at it: reflecting on the books I am reading for my dissertation (and some beyond). I have unfortunately begun to re-read material realizing that … Continue reading →

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