Reviewed by Sarah Boon In The River’s Daughter: A Memoir (Spiegel & Grau; June 2025), Bridget Crocker was born right into a dysfunctional household. Her mom left her father when […]
Reviewed by Amy Roost Because the title of On the Nook of Previous and Future: A Assortment of Life Tales (Bison Books; October 2025) suggests, Pamela Joern’s three-part memoir in […]
Interviewed by Leslie Lindsay Like Shigeko Ito, I’m no stranger to childhood trauma. Like Shigeko Ito, I guess you aren’t, both. It appears inescapable, this idea of a ‘excellent childhood.’ […]
Interviewed by Hillary Moses Mohaupt Most Individuals have eaten a taco or may, on the very least, determine one on a menu. However not everybody may outline the important thing […]
After an hour of tossing and delivering mattress, I sit up and attain for the sunshine. Close by, I preserve a pen, sheet of paper and pocket book, which I […]
You by no means know when the breakthrough will come. For ages, I struggled with arm balances — the mechanics defy physics. How may I tuck knees behind elbows, carry […]
Reviewed by Diane Gottlieb Fortunately, nobody has to journey far to search out books about grief, one of the crucial well-traversed matters in literature. There are numerous poetry collections, fiction […]
Reviewed by Melissa Oliviera “Once I make a quilt,” textile artist Gabriella D’Italia writes in her new memoir Getting Dressed within the Darkish: An Artist’s Approach Dwelling (Unsolicited Press; October […]
Reviewed by Sarah Evans “Younger youngsters suppose their households are the norm; as they transfer towards adolescence, they start to uncover the distinctions.” This line that Ren Cedar Fuller drops […]
Reviewed by Leslie Lindsay TW: suicide Final night time, I dreamed I spoke to a ghost. She was dwelling in a field in my laundry room. I used to be […]