Sentences with phrase «as his memoir makes»

By this time, however, as his memoir makes clear, he was more inclined towards the right - wing of the Labour Party.

Not exact matches

First Lady Melania Trump dismissed Ivana Trump's comments joking that she really held the position of First Lady, as the former insinuated in a statement that her husband's ex-wife only made the comments to sell her new memoir.

In his new memoir Porcelain, the 51 - year - old recounts his humble beginnings as a homeless vegan desperate to «make it» as a DJ in New York City between 1989 and 1999.

In her memoir, she writes at length about what happened in her family and in her backyard, and even about Satan himself, as she tries to make sense of her experience.

As Scott McClellan revealed in his new tell - all memoir about serving as press secretary in the White House, the Bush administration has consistently implemented a policy of «you're either for us or you're against us» when it comes to making foreign policy decisionAs Scott McClellan revealed in his new tell - all memoir about serving as press secretary in the White House, the Bush administration has consistently implemented a policy of «you're either for us or you're against us» when it comes to making foreign policy decisionas press secretary in the White House, the Bush administration has consistently implemented a policy of «you're either for us or you're against us» when it comes to making foreign policy decisions.

In her new memoir, former Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were, during the 2016 transition, so eager to be recognized as shrewd political dealmakers that they made an offer that felt like a «bribe» — an increase in federal funding for her organization in exchange for its agreement to stop providing abortions.

Straw's memoir ends with his role as an active backbencher and his thoughts on making government more accountable and Parliament more relevant.

On the other hand, it can be argued that Quinn is not especially concerned with Thompson, and has in fact been thinking just as much about the soon - to - be candidacy of Anthony Weiner, as demonstrated by her Sharing Tour and upcoming memoir, seemingly tailor - made to trump Weiner's own Oprahtic tale of personal redemption.

Cuomo, as is custom for statewide elected officials, made public his taxes today, showing he earned $ 218,100 last year and is no longer receiving income from the proceeds of his 2014 memoir, «All Things Possible.»

If Liu's mayoral campaign goes pear - shaped as a result of the corruption probes, at least he'll be able to stand by the legacy that he made the office of City Comptroller seem worthy of a tell - all memoir for possibly the first time.

Adapted from the best - selling memoir by Jordan Belfort, the Bronx - born trader whose «pump - and - dump» schemes and penny - stock frauds made him millions - leaving duped investors with busted bank accounts - The Wolf of Wall Street tracks the rise and fall of its merrily debauched antihero, from his brief stint at an old - money brokerage house to his drug - fueled glory days as the CEO of an epic con.

My Week With Marilyn Based on the memoir of a young man who worked as an assistant to Laurence Olivier during the making of «The Prince and the Showgirl,» this film delivers in all the ways one might expect - as an insider story and as an evocation of the period.

Offering up an amusing look at the creative process and the day - to - day production of the movie, much of the script was based on actual recordings that were made during the filming of «The Room» as well as the memoir by Wiseau's co-star and friend Greg Sistero (Dave Franco).

That memoir has now been made into the movie «Denial,» featuring Rachel Weisz as Lipstadt, Timothy Spall as Irving, and Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott as Lipstadt's legal team: barrister Richard Rampton and solicitor Anthony Julius.

James Franco stars as the filmmaker while his brother Dave Franco plays Greg Sestero in «The Disaster Artist»; a comedic retelling of Sestero's 2013 memoir and a look at the making of this iconic flick.

Working from a script by John Ridley (Red Tails, U Turn), who adapts Northup's own incredible memoir published in 1853, McQueen creates a powerful effect by not making the film «epic» or by proclaiming itself an «pretentiously important issues movie», but by keeping the emphasis on the characters and their individual stories much more so than as a film meant to cover the topic of slavery as a whole.

Aaron Sorkin talks a good game, so it should come as no surprise that his directorial debut — surprisingly cinematic for someone so voluble, in which Jessica Chastain plays self - made gambling madam Molly Bloom, who built a multi-million-dollar poker empire that managed to attract a lot of unwanted attention (much of it on account of her memoir, «Molly's Game»)-- amounts to a series of mile - a-minute monologues, stacked back - to - back for the better part of 140 minutes.

We've used Sestero's memoir, as well as interviews with Wiseau and others from over the years, to separate the The Disaster Artist's facts from the moments that made us say, «It's not true, it's bullshit.»

And the story gets even stranger when you tell it, as Franco does, from the perspective of Wiseau's friend and collaborator, Greg Sestero; Franco's film is based on Sestero's memoir The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, which he co-wrote with Tom Bissell.

In her 2011 memoir, A Chance to Make History, Kopp wrote that «education can trump poverty» as long as a teacher accepts her responsibility as the «key variable» driving measurable student outcomes.

A fascinating memoir of hope and adventure, Bonobo Handshake traces Vanessa's self - discovery as she finds herself falling deeply in love with her husband, the apes, and her new surroundings while probing life's greatest question: What ultimately makes us human?

In Dinner with Edward, Isabel Vincent's memoir, Edward's two tricks for making a perfect pastry crust are crushed ice and a mixture of grated butter and fresh lard (from his Queens butcher), all kept as cold as possible.

Athill's distinguished career as an editor is the subject of her acclaimed memoir Stet, which is also published by Granta Books, as are five volumes of memoirs, Instead of a Letter, After a Funeral, Yesterday Morning, Make Believe, Somewhere Towards the End and a novel, Don't Look at Me Like That.

So I just have to keep plodding along and make my memoir writing as compelling as possible, hoping that THAT is my platform.

Paul Auster made his breakthrough debut with his memoir The Invention of Solitude; 30 years later, he looks at his life again, now as it nears its end.

Read more >> A Wedding in Haiti by Julia Alvarez Algonquin, $ 22.95, 304 pages In her humorous and poignant memoir of a wedding and an earthquake in the Dominican Republic, novelist Julia Alvarez (How the García Girls Lost Their Accents) attempts to answer this question as she tells the tale of a young worker on her coffee plantation, Piti, and his efforts to make a life by traveling from his home in Haiti to work in the neighboring country.

Standup comic and actor on HBO's Silicon Valley shares his memoir of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in California and making it in Hollywood

On another note, I am having an audio version made of my memoir Follow in the Tigerman's Footsteps and inquiring as to if you could advise on any companies I could approach re publishing this, apart from Amazon ACX.

In a very funny memoir made decidedly funnier by its reader, Tina Fey relates sketches and memories of her time at SNL and Second City as well as the difficulties of balancing career and motherhood.

At the upcoming 2017 Creative Nonfiction Writers» Conference, Jamie will teach a craft - based session on «Memory & Memoir,» and will participate in the roundtable discussions «The Writer as Activist: Making Your Story Matter» and «Engaging Your Audience: Raising Your Profile & Self - Promotion.»

Find out how she makes her memoir as compelling as a good novel to both tell a story and deliver a message.

They have an idea or manuscript they have passed around to various agents and publishers with no luck; they may just want to print a few copies of, say, a memoir for family members; they want to use it in their business as a type of calling card; or they actually want to sell a lot of books and make their living as writers.

Going from memoir writing to flash fiction is great as I can have free rein and make up whatever I want to!

So I can get Lone Survivor, a bestselling non-fiction memoir that was made into a movie, for $ 7.54 as an e-book.

Special mention should also be made of Zoe Quinn's upcoming memoir Crash Override, which was recently optioned for a movie adaptation as well.

Today, following her first major American show at the New Museum in 2009 and accompanying exhibit at Anton Kern Gallery, she's mixing memoir and art - making in this monograph, recounting her famed 1967 «Icelandic Saga» — an odyssey across the Atlantic where she met and fell in love with the Swiss artist Dieter Roth — and her other searches for «ecstatic unity» (her term) as a reborn Buddhist.

As characterized by Michael Torosian in his introduction, «The portfolio is the synthesis of erudition and passion, a connoisseur's survey, and it's also a memoir, a look back at some of the touchstones that have made up a collection, a career and a life.»

The mosaical visual memoir that makes up Anderegg's ARIZONA exhibition started as a happy accident.

Duluth, GA About Blog I was widowed at 34 years of age, with 2 young daughters, 6 and 7 years old.My purpose for writing my memoir, «A Widow's Pursuit», is to encourage other young widows, that life goes on as we make new and joyful memories.

Duluth, GA About Blog I was widowed at 34 years of age, with 2 young daughters, 6 and 7 years old.My purpose for writing my memoir, «A Widow's Pursuit», is to encourage other young widows, that life goes on as we make new and joyful memories.

For instance, Susan Gregory Thomas, the author of In Spite Of Everything: A Memoir writes «I think the generation X has been defined as the divorce generation, and about half of us grew up as latchkey kids, so we're well trained in making our own meals from age six and letting ourselves into our houses after school and basically being little adults.»