Heather Scott Partington is a writer, teacher, and book critic. She is a board member of the National Book Critics Circle, where she serves as vice president in charge of the Emerging Critics program. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Alta Journal, among other publications. She lives in Elk Grove, California, with her husband and two kids (Contributor photo by Lily Hur).
Heather Scott Partington
Articles
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.”
Confronting the Wild Years: On Hayden Herrera’s “Upper Bohemia”
Heather Scott Partington dwells on “Upper Bohemia,” a memoir by illustrious biographer Hayden Herrera.
In the Spaces Between Generations: On Courtney Zoffness’s “Spilt Milk”
Heather Scott Partington reflects on “Spilt Milk,” the debut literary memoir by Courtney Zoffness.
Marching for Our Lives: An Interview with Dave Cullen
Dave Cullen discusses his new book on the Parkland school shootings and the movement against gun violence that emerged from it.
“Locked Out of Time”: A Conversation with Deanne Stillman
Deanne Stillman talks about the lives of Western icons we thought we knew.
Life Without Coffee Would Probably Suck: An Interview with Elizabeth Crane
Heather Scott Partington interviews Elizabeth Crane about her latest collection of stories, “Turf.”
A Safe Place
Heather Scott Partington on Yiyun Li's "Dear Friend, From My Life I Write To You in Your Life."
California, Coming Home: On “Valley Fever” and “Life #6”
"Life #6" and "Valley Fever," both by writers from California, have recently tapped into the long American tradition of writing about the West Coast.
Fog Chaser
On fog, memory, San Francisco, and Kyle Boelte's memoir.
An Accidental Reckoning
Heather Scott Partington on Krista Bremer's memoir and the self-reckoning of marriage.
True Believers
Heather Scott Partington goes looking for God with memoirists Sara Miles and Megan Hustad.
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