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Gates read from his memoir Colored People,recently issued in paperback. He has written many other books, including The Signifying Monkey and other works of literary criticism. French read from his second novel Holly, which is about to be published, and his first novel Billy...
Gates' reading of two passages from his memoir elicited smiles, laughter and knowing nods from the audience...
...memoir, he used the anecdote as a jumping-off point for talking about playing with paper dolls when he was young, watching his mother's moment of fame on the television show "The Big Payoff," listening to her talk about white people and going with her to PTA meetings...
...TAYLOR WAS WED TO HOTELIER Conrad N. Hilton for eight months, as your chart indicated, then how come that wasn't brought out back in 1951 during her well-publicized divorce from Conrad's son C. Nicholson (Nicky) Hilton Jr.? Could this explain why Hilton Sr. titled his 1957 memoir Be My Guest...
There is some of this romantic, celebratory quality in Memoir from Antproof Case (Harcourt Brace; 514 pages; $24), but reasonableness does not rule. As we meet the novel's main character, he is 80 or so, hiding out in Brazil from real or imagined assassins, writing down his adventures and stashing them in an ant-proof case for his beloved 10-year-old stepson to read when he is older...