Fall 2019 Announcements: Memoirs & Biographies

A Pulitzer Prize winner and human rights activist, Power writes of geopolitics and of her experience as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Diversion Notes from the Velvet Underground: The Life of Lou Reed by Howard Sounes (Sept. 10, $26.99, ISBN 978-1-63576-638-7) portrays musician Lou Reed's tumultuous life, focusing on his creative process, mental health issues, bisexuality, and drug and alcohol addictions. According to PW 's review, Moser "leaves readers with a sweeping, perhaps definitive portrait" of Susan Sontag. According to PW 's review, "In his whimsical but thin latest, Burroughs reveals another odd facet of the famously dysfunctional family life he recalled in his bestselling Running with Scissors : witchcraft." Irving Berlin: New York Genius by James Kaplan (Nov. 26, $26, ISBN 978-0-300-18048-0) celebrates songwriter Irving Berlin (1888-1989) from his early life as a Jewish immigrant through his success with such songs as "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "God Bless America," and "White Christmas."