#autobiography

#autobiography

Abdelrahman ElGendy envisioned the ending of his book would be inspiring, despite all the horrors he would have to recount.Starting at age 17, Mr. ElGendy spent six years and three months in squalid prisons in Egypt, and one way he survived, he said, was to imagine the memoir he would publish if he were ever freed.

Former President Donald Trump acknowledged on tape in a 2021 meeting that he had retained secret military information that he had not declassified, according to a transcript of the audio recording obtained by CNN.As president, I could have declassified, but now I can't, Trump says, according to the transcript.

The poet and musician Pete Brown, who has died aged 82, made a unique contribution to the world of British rock and blues when he began working alongside Jack Bruce, the singer of Cream, to write lyrics for the supergroup in the mid-1960s.He co-wrote some of their greatest hits, including White Room, I Feel Free, Politician and Sunshine of Your Love.

CNN has a blockbuster report about a recording, taken in conjunction with Mark Meadows' memoir, capturing Trump claiming that he had a document planning an attack on Iran that he wished he could share, but could not, because it was classified.The July 2021 meeting was held at Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, with two people working on the autobiography of Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows as well as aides employed by the former president, including communications specialist Margo Martin.

Superstar Billy Graham, a professional wrestler whose extravagant presence 22-inch biceps, dyed blond hair, feather boas, tie-dyed tights and an outrageous gift of gab influenced the style of future stars like Hulk Hogan and Jesse Ventura, died on Wednesday in Phoenix.He was 79.The cause was sepsis and multiple organ failure, said Keith Elliot Greenberg, who collaborated with Graham on his autobiography.

It rained.Of course it did.It wouldn't have been a proper coronation if it hadn't.Brits wouldn't have had it any other way.We were born to suffer.Keep calm and carry on.The first guests had started arriving at Westminster Abbey from early in the morning.Among them the lucky MPs who had received an invite.

One of my writing mentors used to preach that a good title should be epigraphic of its content, should point toward what's inside the text.In the intervening years, I've learned that great titles are also metaphoric or symbolic; they point toward what's outside them, too.All of this is to say, titling is no easy task.

Hello!I'm here to help you learn and grow.Let's get started on your learning journey.undefined The new, A.I.-assisted Khanmigo allows students to chat with simulated historical figures or co-write stories with the software.Khan Academy, the popular online learning nonprofit, recently developed an experimental A.I.-assisted tutoring bot for schools called Khanmigo.

For our series Making of a Poem, we're asking some poets to dissect the poems they've published in our pages.Michael Bazzett's "Autobiography of a Poet" appears in our Spring issue, no.243.How did this poem start for you?Was it with an image, an idea, a phrase, or something else?It was a phrase.

Tess Hanson has been a Taylor Swift fan since the singer's self-titled debut album came out in 2006.So it's no surprise that nearly 20 years later, Hanson decided to spend $47 to preorder an untitled book simply because there is a slim chance that it may be Swift's memoir.Most fans don't stick with an artist for that long, says Hanson, who lives in Ohio.

Being "FC Hollywood", Bayern Munich are no stranger to mild controversies, and none have been more consistent over the years than an insider leaking information to the press.As we all know, Julian Nagelsmann's game plan for Bayer Leverkusen was found in public media; so was the news of his sacking after he lost that game.

In 30 years of the Champions League, there has not been a winner more controversial than the competition's very first.Marseille remain the only French side to win the Champions League since the European Cup was rebranded for the 1992-93 season.In the 1993 final, Raymond Goethals' side beat the legendary AC Milan of Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Frank Rijkaard and Marco van Basten.

Tina Turner's journey from a life of hardship and abuse to super stardom inspired multiple depictions in films, musicals and beyond.Her story as a survivor of domestic violence at the hands of her former husband Ike Turner as well as her unstoppable rise to fame were extensively documented on both stage and screen.

Born Anna Mae Bullock on Nov. 26, 1939, Turner grew up in rural Nutbush, Tenn., but also spent time in Knoxville, as her parents moved there for work.Growing up, she had a distant relationship with both her father, who abandoned the family when she was 13, and mother.But performing came naturally, and became her solace.

Singer Tina Turner, one of rock's most famous voices who had hits including Proud Mary and The Best, has died at the age of 83 after a long illness, her publicist Bernard Doherty told the PA news agency.In a career spanning more than 60 years, the American-Swiss singer, who was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, won eight competitive Grammy Awards and has a star on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St Louis Walk of Fame.

Rolf Harris, the Australian-born entertainer whose decades-long career on British television ended in disgrace after he was convicted of sexually abusing teenage girls, died on May 10 at his home in Berkshire, England.He was 93.His family announced in a statement released on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after his death, that he had died peacefully and had been laid to rest.

Owen Davidson, an Australian tennis player who formed a dominant mixed doubles team with Billie Jean King in the 1960s and '70s, winning eight Grand Slam titles with her, along with five doubles titles with other partners, died on Friday in Conroe, Texas, a suburb of Houston.He was 79.The cause was cancer, his longtime friend Isabel Suliga said.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has abandoned plans to write an autobiography and will return a hefty advance to his publisher.Sir Keir said last year that he had begun penning a book about his life and political vision during the Covid lockdowns.A spokesman for Mr Starmer said the book lays out his plans for a renewed Britain, and why he believes in the vital importance of putting integrity back into public life.

Sometimes, on the campus of the university where I work, a visiting writer will explain to a captive audience how great poems-more often than not his own-get written.These explanations often sound a bit mystical, occasionally even mystifying.So I was amused to read the opening lines of Dobby Gibson's tongue-in-cheek " Small Craft Talk," a poem our readers discovered in a box of paper slush, and which you'll find in our Spring issue:
In some languages the word for dream is the same as for music
is the kind of thing poets like to say
Before you know it, Gibson's takedown of writing-program clichés shades into a wonder at how poems can make us feel ourselves, as Wallace Stevens once put it, "more truly and more strange":
as if you're hearing the song
of your own mind sung into being so that you become yourself
by becoming more like another self
When I read a poem like Gibson's, I usually think, Wow, what a great poem.

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 42m ago 45m ago Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Michael Beale, the Rangers manager, speaks to Viaplay: It could end the season on a real high.It's a huge game, it's a game that could make or break going into the summer.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Clare Balding has become one of the most recognisable faces in sports broadcasting, now adding lead presenter of Wimbledon coverage to her long list of professional accomplishments.

File - Author and English professor at Columbia University James Shapiro talks with author William Dalrymple at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.Shapiro's "1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare" won the Baillie Gifford Prize Winner of Winners award on Thursday, April 27, 2023.

LONDON - Books that explore subjects from William Shakespeare and The Beatles to the lure of Mount Everest and life inside one of the world's most secretive states are competing to be named the best-ever winner of Britain's leading nonfiction book prize.Are you on Telegram?Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.