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The Zea Mexican Diary
In May of 1986, the poet Kamau Brathwaite learned that his wife, Doris, was dying of cancer and had only a short time to live. Responding as a poet, he began ""helplessly and …
The Blind African Slave
Born in West Africa around 1742, Jeffrey Brace was captured by slave traders at sixteen and shipped to Barbados, where he was sold. After fighting as an enslaved sailor in the …
The Text is Myself
Queen Lili'uokalani, the last monarch of Hawai'i, was forced to abdicate and her homeland was annexed. American poet H.D. wrote through the London blitz. Italian novelist and art …
Whispers of Cruel Wrongs
Louisa Jacobs was the daughter of Harriet Jacobs, author of the famous autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. That work included a heartbreaking account of Harriet …
Native American Autobiography
This collection of autobiographical narratives by Native American people from the earliest documents that exist to the present day. The 30 narratives included cover a range of …
Mark Twain's Own Autobiography
Single-volume edition of the 25 ""Chapters from My Autobiography"" by Mark Twain, first published in the ""North American Review"" in 1906-7. Includes memories of Twain's wife Livy …
The Blind African Slave
Born in West Africa around 1742, Jeffrey Brace was captured by slave traders at sixteen and shipped to Barbados, where he was sold. After fighting as an enslaved sailor in the …
Witnessing Slavery
Frances Foster’s classic study of pre-Civil War American slave autobiography is now issued in an accessible paperback edition. The first book to represent these slave narratives as …
My Generation
This study of autobiographers from the 1960s demonstrates how they often claimed to speak on behalf of all members of their generation. It argues that the autobiographies are …