Hillary Frey Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Hillary Frey on XHillary Frey is the editor in chief of Slate. Editor in Chief @slate. Also: @NewmarkJLeaders grad. Past: @NewmarkJ @huffpost @nbcnews + more. Mom to Lu. Married to @brooklynliebich.

Life's Work: A Memoir
David MilchSo imagine how surprised I was to discover that this slender memoir offered so much more than writer room gossip: a deep investigation into creativity, a meditation on hope, and an earnest celebration of living
Paperback, 2023
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This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
Lyz LenzThe book is intimate, persuasive, funny, and compassionate. And it’s the opposite of bitter. Lenz walked away from her marriage to rebuild her life in her 40s, and to find out what freedom feels like. Reading her story, we get to feel that freedom too.
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The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own.
David CarrWhen I taught @CatapultStory, I assigned an excerpt from David Carr's memoir, The Night of the Gun, and asked students to take a deeply held memory and interrogate it with people who were there. It's a great reporting exercise that led to many surprises about truth and memory. https://t.co/ad5axMRAEJ
Paperback, 2009
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