Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World by Rubiner, Betsy
Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World by Rubiner, Betsy

Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World

A spirited exploration of the diary, from pen-and-paper to TikTok, for the people who write--and read--them Featuring...
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Author: Betsy Rubiner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World by Rubiner, Betsy

Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World

$95.99 $49.63
Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World by Rubiner, Betsy

Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document Our World

$95.99 $49.63
Author: Betsy Rubiner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A spirited exploration of the diary, from pen-and-paper to TikTok, for the people who write--and read--them

Featuring iconic diary keepers like Audre Lorde, Virginia Woolf, Alison Bechdel, and Taylor Swift

We know what it was like to be an out lesbian in 19th-century England, what the inner world of a young girl in hiding looks like, and what the earliest internet users' favorite websites were, in part, because of diaries. Our Diaries, Ourselves is a joyful deep dive into this time-honored tradition of preserving who we are.

From Marie Curie to Taylor Swift, this book illustrates how keeping a diary helps us to understand ourselves and our world. Tour Italy's "City of the Diary," Pieve Santo Stefano, which boasts a diary archive, museum, and annual festival. Discover how women have used diaries for centuries as canvases for self-expression and self-care and as tools of resistance in a patriarchal society. Travel through time and across cultures, from renowned figures to ordinary people, for glimpses of their lives--different yet comfortingly familiar.

Our Diaries, Ourselves is a treasure trove of social history, feminist rebellion, and personal reflection. This book celebrates the vibrant and varied ways we live our lives and the stories we choose to tell about them. And it reminds us of a uniquely human need that transcends time, language, and technology: to see and be seen, remember and be remembered.

Author: Betsy Rubiner
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 02/24/2026
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.09h x 6.33w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9780807014929


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/02/2026

About the Author
Betsy Rubiner is a Chicago-based author, a journalist, and a life-long diarist. Her reporting and essays have appeared in publications including the New York Times, The Guardian, the Washington Post, TIME, and the Des Moines Register, among several media outlets where she has worked. Readers can learn more about her first book, Fun with the Family in Iowa, and connect with Betsy at www.betsyrubiner.com.
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