- 21. From Cabaret Shows to Premium Cable, Performer and MC Murray Hill is Everywhere—and That’s Just The Way He Likes It
- (Entertainment)
- Murray Hill is busy. When we speak in March, he’s got three different TV shows streaming on three different networks, he’s writing a memoir, and he’s working on a pitch for his own Murray-led detective ...
- Created on 16 June 2022
- 22. Standup Comedy Star Ms. Pat Gets Real About Poverty, Resiliency, And Lane Bryant Fashion Travesties On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast!
- (Poptarts)
- ... 20 years. Her one-hour standup special Y'All Wanna Hear Something Crazy?—directed by Robert Townsend and Produced by Wanda Sykes—premiered on Netflix in February to critical acclaim, her 2017 memoir Rabbit ...
- Created on 06 May 2022
- 23. Jewel Is Back With The R&B and Folk-Influenced "Freewheelin' Woman," Her First Album in 7 Years ...
- (Music)
- ... from Ty Murray, a rodeo superstar and the father of her son Kase. And while Jewel’s mother — who is also her former manager — is still alive, the two have not spoken in years. In her memoir, Never Broken, ...
- Created on 02 May 2022
- 24. These 3 New Non-Fiction Titles Explore Women's Relationship to Money, The Personal Narrative, and Feminism in Myanma
- (Books)
- BODY WORK: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative By Melissa Febos (Catapult) For her latest book, acclaimed memoirist Melissa Febos offers a master class for would-be writers looking to find ...
- Created on 26 April 2022
- 25. Leah McSweeney From RHONY And Legendary Streetwear Brand Married To The Mob Opens Up About Her Show’s Infamous 13th Season On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast
- (Poptarts)
- ... a show that has been criticized for becoming increasingly out of touch with the city it claims to represent. On April 5, McSweeney will be releasing her new memoir, Chaos Theory: Finding Meaning in the ...
- Created on 01 April 2022
- 26. Diane di Prima Blesses Us One Last Time With "Spring and Autumn Annals," A Previously Unpublished Memoir and Elegy To A Frien
- (Books)
- Diane di Prima’s posthumous book Spring and Autumn Annals (City Lights), is filled with all the curiosity, tragedy, desire, and insight that di Prima carried her entire life and was revered for. A rare ...
- Created on 31 March 2022
- 27. Janelle Monae's "The Memory Librarian" Tackles Afrofuturism, Plus a Deep Dive Into Witchcraft, and a Memoir From an Indigenous Pu
- (Books)
- ... together memoir and poetry to create something that feels raw and unfiltered. “Some houses are haunted by ghosts,” she explains. “Our house hangs on to words and stories.” Along the way, she laments how ...
- Created on 10 March 2022
- 28. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Are Back: Our Top 10 Pop Culture Picks For Spring 2022
- (Entertainment)
- ... 3. Hannah Gadsby Tour and Memoir Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby shot to fame and won an Emmy and a Peabody for her groundbreaking 2018 Netflix special Nanette. Now, she’s back with a book ...
- Created on 01 March 2022
- 29. Phoebe Robinson on her Comedy Special, Book Release, and Starting a Publishing Imprint, Tiny Reparations
- (Entertainment)
- While everyone else was slowed down by COVID, comedian, bestselling author, producer, and actor Phoebe Robinson was busy taking over the world. Between her HBO Max special, her production company, and ...
- Created on 08 February 2022
- 30. 13 Women of Color-Owned and Operated Bookstores You Can Support Right Now
- (Books)
- ... color at their center. Yu & Me Books carries almost 16,000 titles, with titles that range from YaYa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom to memoirs like Qian Julie Wang’s Beautiful Country, and other lesser-known ...
- Created on 04 February 2022
- 31. "This Boy We Made" is the Tale of One Black Mother's Journey Through Mothering a Chronically Ill Child, Genetics, and Facing the Unkno
- (Books)
- This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown By Taylor Harris (Catapult) In her moving memoir, author Taylor Harris traces her son Tophs’ journey as he struggles ...
- Created on 11 January 2022
- 32. Joan Didion and Me: How the Writer's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" Showed Me The Power of a Woman's Voice, in the Literary World and Bey
- (Feminism)
- ... avatar strikes me as reductionist, she defined the way that people thought about culture, society, and themselves through her writing. Her 2005 memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking, which chronicled the ...
- Created on 11 January 2022
- 33. The Choice is Ours: This Year's 10 Best Musical Releases, according to BUS
- (Music)
- ... adaptation of Girl, Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen’s bestselling memoir about her time in a psychiatric hospital. While the pandemic put plans for the musical on hold, many of those songs landed on Queens ...
- Created on 30 December 2021
- 34. "Passport: A Graphic Memoir" Tells Sophia Glock's Story of Growing Up and Coming-of-Age as the Child of CIA Agen
- (Books)
- Passport: A Graphic Memoir By Sophia Glock (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Cartoonist Sophia Glock spent her youth in the 1990s growing up in gated and heavily guarded residences in Latin ...
- Created on 30 December 2021
- 35. The 10 Best Feminist and Female-Centered Books of 2021 to Cozy Up With This Christmas Break, According to BUST
- (Books)
- ... themes over the holiday season? Look no further. Here’s a round-up of BUST’s best 2021 page-turners. We’ve got everything from memoirs on grief to graphic novels to queer love stories. Check them out! ...
- Created on 21 December 2021
- 36. Aimee Mann, Queen of Indie-Rock is Back with "Queens of the Summer Hotel," An Album Inspired By the Memoir "Girl, Interrupted" ...
- (Music)
- AIMEE MANN Queens of the Summer Hotel (SuperEgo Records) In 2018, Aimee Mann set out to write the music for a theatrical adaptation of Girl, Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen’s bestselling memoir about ...
- Created on 20 December 2021
- 37. Gina Schock of The Go-Go's Shares Rare Photos of the Band's Early Days, Calls New Coffee Table Book "Made in Hollywood," A Love Letter to Go-Go's
- (Music)
- ... October 26. BUST caught up with Gina to talk about why she decided to put out a book of photography instead of a memoir, the band’s recent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and why The Go-Go’s ...
- Created on 06 December 2021
- 38. Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Reveals The Writing Practices That Helps Her Create Her Literary Legacy, and Why She's Obsessed With Writing While Amongst People ...
- (Books)
- L.A.-based author, educator, and activist Patrisse Cullors co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013, and her 2018 memoir, When They Call You a Terrorist, was a huge bestseller. Now, her new ...
- Created on 18 November 2021
- 39. Kristen Stewart Of "Twilight" Fame Announces Engagement to "Moxie" screenwriter Dylan Mey
- (Movies)
- ... memoir, The Chronology of Water. The book retraces the author’s struggle as a competitive swimmer growing up with an abusive father and an alcoholic mother. Top photo by Gage Skidmore ...
- Created on 09 November 2021
- 40. Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's Talks Sisterhood, Sobriety, and the Band's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inducti
- (Music)
- Kathy Valentine was just 14 years old when first caught sight of her idol, 1970s glam rock bassist Suzi Quatro. “It split the ground right open,” the Go-Go’s bassist recalled in her 2020 memoir, ...
- Created on 29 October 2021
