You’re Embarrassing Yourself by Desiree Akhavan review | Autobiography and memoir

debtFrom Tina Fey’s Bossypants to Samantha Irby’s We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, contemporary America has a rich tradition of essay-style narrative nonfiction by women. These books typically walk the line between autobiography, cultural analysis, and “self-deprecating descriptions of my dating life and work.” Their success — and entertaining — rests primarily on the […]