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  • Lena Dunham: Health, Relationships, Controversies, and New Memoir 2026

    Lena Dunham: Health, Relationships, Controversies, and New Memoir 2026

    James Mitchell · ✓ Reviewed by Thomas Webb

    Lena Dunham spent her twenties making television history and her thirties explaining herself to the internet; her second memoir, Famesick, landed on April 14, 2026 as a 416-page reckoning, per Google Books’ publisher listing, with what happened when chronic illness, addiction, and a very public breakup collided with global fame. Here’s what’s confirmed, what’s still…

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