Books like Zelda Fitzgerald by Sally Cline

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece examines the glittering yet hollow glamour of the Roaring Twenties as the enigmatic Jay Gatsby pursues love, wealth, and identity across the social divide.

On Writing blends Stephen King’s memoir with practical guidance, offering a personal look at his path to success and essential lessons for aspiring writers.

Maya Angelou's autobiography, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings', tells the story of her life and the challenges she faced growing up in Arkansas, including racism, abuse, and the loss of her father. The book is a powerful and moving portrayal of the African American experience during the 1930s and 1940s.

An essay that blends personal experiment, philosophical reflection, and detailed natural observation, chronicling Thoreau’s two‑year cabin life by Walden Pond and his quest for simple, self‑reliant living.

Richard Wright’s autobiographical memoir chronicles his growth from childhood to adulthood while confronting the harsh realities of segregation in the Jim Crow South.

A 1922 portrait of a young Harvard‑educated aesthete and his glamorous wife whose pursuit of wealth and freedom in New York’s roaring nightlife leads to self‑destruction and a critique of the nouveau riche.

180 p. ; 21 cm.1010L Lexile

Samantha Irby reflects on life at forty, blending sharp humor with candid essays about love, self‑image, and the realities of living in America’s rural parts.

A heartfelt memoir in which Calvin Trillin honors his late wife, Alice Trillin, celebrating her intellect, beauty, and the enduring love that bound them.

A biography of Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Explore the enduring love of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald through over 75% of their previously unpublished letters, accompanied by scholarly commentary and intimate photographs.

"Known as an icon of the Jazz Age, a flamboyant socialite, and the mad wife of F. Scott, Zelda Fitzgerald has inspired studies of her life and work which focus on her earlier years, and on the myth of the glorious-but-doomed woman. As an unprecedented study of the totality Zelda Fitzgerald's creative work, this book makes an important contribution to the history of women's art with new perspectives on women and modernity, plagiarism, creative partnership, and the nature of mental illness. Zelda Fitzgerald's creative output was astonishing, considering the conditions under which she lived, and the brevity of her life: she wrote dozens of short stories, several journalistic pieces, a play, two novels, hundreds of letters, kept diaries and produced hundreds of artworks. Employing a new mode of literary analysis that draws upon critics, theorists, and historians to situate her work in its context, The Subversive Art of Zelda Fitzgerald rehabilitates the literary and artistic status of Zelda Fitzgerald by reassessing her life and writings in the light of archival sources. Such materials include medical and psychiatric documents; her unpublished novel; an artistic and spiritual diary; and over one hundred letters written from asylums.While much of her writing can be read as a tactical response to her husband's injunctions against her creativity, it can also be read as brilliant work in its own right. Far from imitating Scott's style, Zelda Fitzgerald's artistic output is vibrantly alive and utterly her own" -- Dust jacket.

An intimate look at the life of children's book author Madeleine L'Engle through interviews with her friends and associates.