2024 Titles
Anita Rosenberg, How To Be The Star of Your Life: Lessons from Hollywood & Beyond
2023 Titles
Kathleen Watt, Rearranged: An Opera Singer’s Facial Cancer and Life Transposed
Pencraft Award Winner, Winter 2024
Kirkus Reviews Best Indies, 2023
Independent Book Review, Best Books of 2023
Independent Book Review Starred Review
The Kanecko: Kathleen Watt in Conversation with Mark Gilbert, PhD
Francis Levy, The Kafka Studies Department
M. J. Moore, Star-Crossed Lovers: James Jones, Lowney Handy, and the Birth of From Here to Eternity
Alison Light, A Radical Romance: A Memoir of Love, Grief, and Consolation
Winner, Pen Ackerley Award, 2020
2022 Titles
Jenn Budd, Against the Wall: My Journey From Border Patrol Agent to Immigrant Rights Activist
The Nation: The Indefensible Job of Policing the Border
The Guardian: I Was a Border Patrol Agent. The Experience was Horrifying
POGO: Protecting the Predators at DHS
School of the Americas Interview
SBCC: Jenn Budd, Former Border Patrol Agent Turns Immigrant Rights Activist
KSQD Interview
Sari Botton, And You May Find Yourself…Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo
Lorraine Duffy Merkl, The Last Single Woman in New York City
West Side Spirit: Being Single Inspired This New Novel
Magdalena Gómez, Mi’ja
AF-AM Point of View, pages 16-17
Connie Hertzberg Mayo, The Sharp Edge of Mercy
Historical Novel Society Review
Thoughts from a Page: Q & A with Connie Mayo
Frances Park, That Lonely Spell: Stories of Family, Friends & Love
Kirkus Reviews: Recommended Review
Northern Virginia Magazine: All For You, Frances
Wayne Hoffman, The End of Her: Racing Against Alzheimer to Solve a Murder
Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Alice Carbone Tench, Eating Again: The Recipes That Healed Me
Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Esther Alix, Stories of Gabriel
2021 Titles
Kate Walter, Behind the Mask: Living Alone in the Epicenter
Village Preservation Interview
Westbeth Interview
Pat Fenton, Searching for Harry Chapin’s America: Remember When the Music
Carol Weis, Stumbling Home: Life Before and After That Last Drink
Laury Egan, The Swimmer
Interview with Karla Linn Merrifield
Radio Interview on Milford House Mysteries
2020 Titles
William Loving, City of Angles
Los Angeles Downtown News: Former Journalist Pens His First Novel
Pasadena Star: Three Local Books for Your Holiday Shopping
Providence Journal: Ex-Projo Writer’s Odyssey
Honeysuckle Magazine: A Mythic New Novel in Wasteland
Podcast at Skylight Books, with Ivy Pochoda
The Connecticut Post: Journalist Publishes Debut
BIG NEWS 2020! Heliotrope Books comes in at #1 in “Companies That Publish Great Memoirs”, Wiki.ezvid.com
“If you want to learn more about some of the organizations that bring this type of nonfiction writing to life, then here are, in no particular order, five publishers releasing fascinating memoirs.
Coming in at #1 is Heliotrope Books. Based in Lower Manhattan and founded by Naomi Rosenblatt, this independent press specializes in publishing smart, important works that defy easy categorization. Often, the books that it puts out span more than one genre, like the 2015 offering Just Say Yes: A Marijuana Memoir, by Catherine Hiller. Heliotrope, as a Greek word, means “turn-to-sun,” a description that dovetails with this group’s dedication to illuminating unexplored areas of experience.
Examples of memoirs that Heliotrope has released include Bent But Not Broken, which covers a rare medical condition, Playing Catch with Strangers, a collection of personal essays, and Bankruptcy: A Love Story. In recognition of its work, this small press has received positive coverage from a number of media outlets, such as Literary Hub and Honeysuckle Magazine.”
2019 Titles
Barbara H. Roberts, MD, The Doctor Broad: A Mafia Love Story
Salon: Cardiologist by Day, Mafia Doctor by Night
MS Magazine: We Will Not Go Back by Barbara H. Roberts, MD
The 360 Magazine: Cardiologist Releases Memoir
The Providence Journal: Doctor Who Treated Mob Boss Raymond Patriarca to Release New Memoir
Don Cummings, Bent But Not Broken
Interview in the New York Times with science writer Jane Brody
Kirkus Reviews: Bent But Not Broken
The Advocate: How Does a Gay Man Deal With a Disfiguring Penis Condition?
New York Journal of Books Review
Christie Grotheim, The Year Marjorie Moore Learned to Live
Kirkus Reviews: The Year Marjorie Moore Learned to Live
Midwest Book Review: The Year Marjorie Moore Learned to Live
An Interview with Christie Grotheim by Randee Green
M. J. Moore, Mario Puzo: An American Writer’s Quest
See M. J. Moore interviewed on TRT World/Turkish Television, March 2019
The Godfather: A Political Primer (NY Daily News)
Kirkus Reviews: Mario Puzo: An American Writer’s Quest
Publisher’s Weekly: Mario Puzo: An American Writer’s Quest
Also by this author: For Paris ~With Love & Squalor (2017)
2018 Titles
Lisa Kohn, To the Moon and Back: A Childhood Under the Influence
Glynne Hiller, Passport to Paris
NextTribe: “Passport to Paris: The Secrets of My Mother’s Memoir” by Catherine Hiller
Lilith Magazine: “Love, Seduction and Survival—and Always, Paris” Interview with the Author
LoHud: Review and Video Interview with the Author
Honeysuckle Magazine: “RETRO: The Time of Her Life” Review
Women’s Memoirs: Interview with the Author
Facebook: Glynne Hiller, Passport to Paris
2017 Titles
Bob Brody, Playing Catch with Strangers
The New York Times: “Baseball and New York – Stories for Summer Reading” Review
Huffington Post: “Author Bob Brody Talks About His Newest Book, ‘Playing Catch with Strangers'”
Reader’s Digest: “Oldest Person in the Office” (an excerpt)
Cleaver Magazine: Review by Colleen Davis
New York 1: Video Interview with the Author
WGN Radio: Interview with the Author
Blog Talk Radio “Our Lives with Shannon Fisher” Podcast: Interview with the Author
Blog Talk Radio “Authors on the Air” Podcast: Interview with the Author
2017 Queens Book Festival: Video Interview with the Author
Best of NJ: “10 Summer Beach Reads from NY Authors” Roundup
Behind the Prose Podcast: Interview with the Author
Forest Hills Times: Article & Interview with the Author
Patch: “Forest Hills Author Pens Book About Growing Up” Review
Fair Lawn Daily Voice: “NYTimes Columnist Praises Fair Lawn Author” Article
The Red Room, East Village: Video – Excerpts Read by the Author
The Writer Mag: “Essay is the New Black” Review of Panel with the Author
DNAInfo: “Forest Hills Writer Pens New Memoir on Life in Queens and Beyond” Article
Essays by the Author
- The New York Times: “My Funny Valentine”
- The New York Times: “Playing Catch With Strangers”
- The New York Times: “Why I Almost Fired My Doctor”
- The Los Angeles Times: “I am an op-ed”
- The Wall Street Journal: “The Case Against Deliberate Deafness”
- The Wall Street Journal: “Did You Get My Message?”
- The Wall Street Journal: “Random Acts of Kindness? Hardly”
- The Wall Street Journal: “The Immigrant Who Became My Poppa”
- The Wall Street Journal: “The Child Is Father to the Man”
- Writer’s Digest: “Why I Write About My Parents”
- Highlights: “‘Read to Me,’ She Said”
- Highlights: “Sleep Tight, Little Guy”
- Highlights: “How One Plus One Became Three”
- Highlights: “The Goldfish That Went to Sea”
- The Atlantic: “RIP: All The Stories I Never Wrote”
- PR Week: “Living A Double Life is Healthy for PR Pros”
- USA Today: “For Valentine’s Day, my wife gave me a marriage performance review”
- USA Today: “It took me too long to learn that in basketball and at work, you win by playing as a team”
- The NY Daily News: “Saving One Another, Quietly”
- The NY Daily News: “Hold on Tight to Your Family’s Fabric”
- The NY Daily News: “A Return to the Scene of the Crime”
- The NY Daily News: “Requiem for A Bookstore”
- The NY Daily News: “Pledge to Preserve Your Family History”
- ASJA Writer’s Conference: “Getting Personal”
- Newsday: “The Strangers We Know”
- Newsday: “The Art of Mothering a Daughter”
- St. Louis Post Dispatch: “Anna’s Promise”
- Boomer Café: “A Mom in Full”
Janet Lombardi, Bankruptcy: A Love Story
Money Matters’ (KPFT Radio) Chris Hensley Interview with the Author
Book Marketing Buzz Blog: Interview with the Author
Dara Lebrun, Half Crazy
Honeysuckle Magazine: “Four American Roommates: A Parable of 2016 (and 2017)” Fiction by the Author
Also by this author: Sub Rosa (2016) and The Bunny Hop (2014)
MJ Moore, For Paris ~ with Love and Squalor
Blog Talk Radio: Interview with the Author
Facebook: MJ Moore, For Paris ~ with Love and Squalor
Honeysuckle Magazine: “RETRO: In the Mood!” Excerpt from the Novel
Honeysuckle Magazine: RETRO Column by the Author
Steve Villano, Tightrope
C-SPAN BookTV: Interview with the Author
National Memo: “Donald Trump And The Mob: A Patsy Among Punks” Excerpt
Times Union: “Governor’s aide, gangster’s brother” Review
Times Union: “Mario, the anti-Donald” Essay by the Author
Medium: Steve Villano News and Writing
Digger O’Brien, Pointing Is Rude
Kirkus Reviews: Pointing Is Rude Review
Autism Speaks: Interview with the Author
Digger O’Brien YouTube Book Announcement
Nader Hossain Salehi, Trade Off
Library Journal: “Fiction from Debuter Salehi and Yokoyama” Review
2015-16 Titles
Lianne Stokes, Below Average
New York Post: “Why this New Yorker waited 30 years to lose her virginity” Article & Review
Neworld Review: Below Average Review
The Rumpus: Original Interview with the Author
The Debutante Ball: Original Interview with the Author
Tom Huth, Forty Years Stoned: A Journalist’s Romance
The New York Times: “How Getting High Made Me a Better Caregiver” Essay by the Author
News.KGNU.org: Radio Interview with the Author
Herb: “Highway Robbery,” a chapter from Forty Years Stoned
Lit Salon: ProsTalkProse Video Interview with the Author
Neworld Review: Forty Years Stoned: A Journalist’s Romance Review
Forty Years Stoned: About the Author
Cindy Austin, Cinders: Stories of an Inner-City Survivor
Neworld Review: Cinders Review
Hudson Valley Press: “Cindy Brown Releases New Memoir” Article
The New York Times: “Storyteller from the Hartford Projects” Article about the Author
Hartford Courant: Article and Interview with the Author
Leah Wells, On Another Note
Neworld Review: On Another Note Review
Pittsburgh Parent: “Preschool Music Unplugged” Essay by the Author
EdCan: “Have schools crossed the line from sensitive to censorship?” Skype Interview with the Author
Also by this author: A Song for the Birds
Leda Meredith, Botany, Ballet and Dinner from Scratch
Mother Earth News: “Leda Meredith, Sustainable Food Systems Educator” Author Bio
Leda Meredith: The Forager’s Feast “About the Author”
Dara Lebrun, Sub Rosa
Neworld Review: Sub Rosa Review
Also by this author: Half Crazy (2017) and The Bunny Hop (2014)
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Half Crazy: Honeysuckle Magazine: “Four American Roommates: A Parable of 2016 (and 2017)” Fiction by the Author
Susan Shapiro, What’s Never Said
Publishers Weekly: What’s Never Said Review
Huffington Post: “Tacit Liaisons: ‘What’s Never Said’ By Susan Shapiro” Review
Tin House: Interview with the Author
USA Today: Excerpt from the Novel
The Jerusalem Post: Excerpt from the Novel
The NY Daily News: “Professors, students and the lines we must not cross” Essay by the Author
CarolineLeavittville: Interview with the Author
Susan Shapiro Online: Reviews and Praise for What’s Never Said
Neesha Arter, Controlled
Huffington Post: “The Power of a Story: Controlled” Article
WomensHealth.gov: “Spotlight on Women’s Health” Interview with the Author
20 Some: “4 Lessons for Dealing with Trauma from Neesha Arter’s Memoir ‘Controlled'” Article
The Daily Beast: Articles by the Author
Recovery Warriors: “A Powerful Memoir About Survival” Essay by the Author
Into the Gloss: “Neesha Arter, Writer” Interview with the Author
Catherine Hiller, Just Say Yes: A Marijuana Memoir
The New York Times: “Smoking Marijuana for 50 Years, and Turning Out Just Fine” Article
The New York Times: “How I Buy Weed” Essay by the Author
Herb: “Catherine Hiller Recommends You ‘Just Say Yes’ To Cannabis” Article
Huffington Post: “Mommy and Me and Marijuana” Essay by the Author
Book Reporter: Editorial Content and Just Say Yes Review
Neworld Review: Just Say Yes Review
SFGate: “Fifty happy years of pot smoking chronicled in ‘Just Say Yes'” Article
Lit Salon: ProsTalkProse Interview with the Author
Merry Jane: “A Review of the ‘Marijuana Memoir,’ Just Say Yes”
Cannabis Chronicles: “Just Say Yes: A Marijuana Memoir – Book Review”
Mrs. Nice Guy: “My Evening with Catherine Hiller” Interview with the Author
Green Flower: Articles by the Author
NextTribe: “Passport to Paris: The Secrets of My Mother’s Memoir” by Catherine Hiller
Kate Walter, Looking for a Kiss
Finding Her Place at Westbeth by Kim Velsey
Lamda Literary: “‘Looking for a Kiss’ by Kate Walter” Review
The Book Sage: Looking for a Kiss Review
The Villager: “Westbeth writer ‘comes out as single’ in memoir” Article
GoMag: Author Kate Walter one of the “100 Women We Love 2015”
Hippocampus Magazine: “Interview: Kate Walter, author of Looking for a Kiss” Interview & Review
NY Press: “Life After Love in New York” Interview with the Author
Honeysuckle Magazine: Excerpt from Looking for a Kiss
LesBe Real Radio Talk: Interview with the Author
The Girls Hour Podcast: Interview with the Author
LGBTSr: “6 Questions for Kate Walter” Interview with the Author
Next Avenue: “The Financial Pitfalls of Domestic Partnerships” Interview with the Author
