In Readers' Choice you can see what biographies and autobiographies people are reading today. Links to ratings and readers' reviews. 1990 Volume I directed to teaching autobiography in the schools.
Essays contain details about units that can be used in classrooms.
Professor David Lavery has A Gallery of Self-Portraits , with a useful bibliography and a selection of essays and links. An excellent site. When Memory Speaks, Reflections on Autobiography. A brief interview about fiction and autobiography, with some recommended autobiographies. Contemporary Autobiography in the United States , a course by Natasha Sinutko.