Sleepwalking to Madness in Mid-Century America: On Audrey Clare Farley’s “Girls and Their Monsters”
Ellen Wayland-Smith is haunted by Audrey Clare Farley’s exposé, in “Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in...
Ellen Wayland-Smith is haunted by Audrey Clare Farley’s exposé, in “Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in...
Ellen Wayland-Smith explores the meanings of exile and impermanence “Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk” by Sasha...
Ellen Wayland-Smith explores Ashley C. Ford’s “Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir.”
Ellen Wayland-Smith reviews Vivian Gibson’s memoir of growing up in St. Louis.
A new YA novel reimagines utopia in the era of climate catastrophe.
Ellen Wayland-Smith reviews Rachel Monroe’s “Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession.”
Ellen Wayland-Smith reviews Briallen Hopper’s new essay collection, “Hard to Love.”
Ellen Wayland-Smith follows the narrative weave of Leslie Jamison’s memoir, “The Recovering.”
Ellen Wayland-Smith on Melissa Febos’s “Abandon Me.”
Ellen Wayland-Smith on Belle Boggs's "The Art of Waiting."
Ellen Wayland-Smith examines her ancestors' history in the Oneida Community, a 19th-century religious commune.