(Un)certainty and Assumptions of the Archive: On Monica Huerta’s “Magical Habits”
Reading Monica Huerta’s “Magical Habits,” Rosa Boshier wonders how to live a life alongside scholarship....
Escaping the Darkness: On J. M. Thompson’s “Running Is a Kind of Dreaming”
J. M. Thompson writes a memoir about addiction, hard-won sobriety, and marathon running....
Secrets, Omissions, the Unknown: On Victoria Chang’s “Dear Memory”
Heather Scott Partington explores Victoria Chang’s “Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief.”...
Past Our Breaking Points: A Conversation with Anjali Enjeti
Madhushree Ghosh interviews Anjali Enjeti about her new book of essays, “Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change.”...
Where Coca-Cola Is Synonymous with Freedom: On Margarita Gokun Silver’s “I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales)”
Kate Tsurkan journeys through Margarita Gokun Silver’s “I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales): Notes from a Soviet Girl on Becoming an American Woman.”...
A Daughter’s Quest: On Anne Liu Kellor’s “Heart Radical”
Amy Reardon explores Anne Liu Kellor’s memoir about language, love, and belonging, “Heart Radical.”...
Beyond Betrayal: A Conversation with Laura Davis
Elizabeth Rosner interviews Laura Davis about her new memoir on caring for her mother at the end of her life, “The Burning Light of Two Stars.”...
Of Grace and Pain: On Ashley C. Ford’s “Somebody’s Daughter”
Ellen Wayland-Smith explores Ashley C. Ford’s “Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir.”...
Tell the Story: Learning from Disaster
JUST AS EVERY argument between lovers is not really about the topic but about somebody not feeling loved, so every significant story we tell about our lives is, I think, under the surface really about survival. Think of a story from ...
Storyteller Strategist: A Conversation with Susan Orlean
Yvonne Conza speaks to Susan Orlean about animalish curiosities, the writing process, and the meaning of memoirs....
Inspired, Polyvocal, Joyful: On Warren Ellis’s “Nina Simone’s Gum”
Kathleen Rooney explores Warren Ellis’s “Nina Simone’s Gum.”...
The Lesson of a Long Illness: On Ross Douthat’s “The Deep Places”
The conservative columnist’s memoir chronicles his struggles with Lyme disease....
