Lists of Bests: Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir http://www.listsofbests.com/list/34621 Award begins in 1998 with Black Dog and continues through 2006, "given to an American author for his or her first published memoir." Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:41:15 GMT en-us 0 50 9 0 0 Black Dog of Fate: An American Son Uncovers His Armenian Past http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/704966 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/704966"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767902548.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Balakian</div> Truth Comes in Blows: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1074322 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1074322"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393320502.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Solotaroff</div> Where the Roots Reach for Water: A Personal and Natural History of Melancholia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2154210 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2154210"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/086547592X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffery Smith</div> Misgivings: My Mother, My Father, Myself http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1232427 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1232427"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374527288.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. K. Williams</div> Borrowed Finery: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783530 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2783530"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11N0GBMSW8L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paula Fox</div> The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7016 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7016"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316578991.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Moody</div> Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63054 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63054"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743287215.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Swofford</div> Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1768487 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1768487"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000FTCH6Q.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Flynn</div> If This Be Treason: Translation and Its Dyscontents, A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1878365 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1878365"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811216195.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gregory Rabassa</div>