In Memory Yet Green is the first volume of Isaac Asimov's two volume autobiography. It was first published in 1979. This first volume covers the years 1920 to 1954, which lead up to the point just prior to Asimov becoming a full time writer. Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. ...

The title of the book comes from a verse. The editor, Doubleday, disliked Asimov's original title so they asked him to provided another, suggesting he find a good quote. Asimov suggested taking the title from the following poem.

In memory yet green, in joy still felt,

The scenes of life rise sharply into view.

We triumph; Life's disasters are undealt,

And while all else is old, the world is new.

Doubleday immediately agreed and asked him to whom the poem should be attributed. "It just came to me" answered Asimov. In the end, the poem was attributed to "anonymous" and Asimov never categorically claimed to be its author.