Memoir

Fear and Writing in Xinjiang: On Tahir Hamut Izgil’s “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night” and Perhat Tursun’s “The Backstreets”
Fear and Writing in Xinjiang: On Tahir Hamut Izgil’s “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide” and Perhat Tursun’s “The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang.”...
Benno WeinerNov 28
Leaving Your Lane: A Conversation with Lydia Otero
Tom Zoellner talks to Lydia Otero about her new account of a young adulthood in Los Angeles, “L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir”...
Tom ZoellnerNov 13
- History
- Memoir
Echoes of the Original: On the Task of Translating Maria Schneider
Hannah Bonner looks at Elisabeth Subrin’s documentary, “Maria Schneider, 1983,” alongside Vanessa Schneider’s memoir, “My Cousin Maria Schneider.”...
Hannah BonnerNov 9
- Film
- Memoir
You’ll Never Make Yourself Fall Asleep: On Marie Darrieussecq’s “Sleepless”
Thom Sliwowski reviews Marie Darrieussecq’s “Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia.”...
Thom SliwowskiNov 6
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
Conduits to a Feeling: On Sophia Giovannitti’s “Working Girl”
Ayden LeRoux reviews Sophia Giovannitti’s “Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex.”...
Ayden LeRouxNov 3
- Memoir
Shopgirl Pride: On Kate Flannery’s “Strip Tees”
Mariella Rudi reviews Kate Flannery’s “Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles.”...
Mariella RudiNov 2
- History
- Memoir
My Bird Today Promises a Story
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Dan O’Brien finds symbols of life and faith in the theater....
Dan O’BrienOct 30
- LARB Quarterly
- Memoir
The One-Way Ticket to Barcelona
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Corina Zappia considers the state of travel for single women....
Corina ZappiaOct 27
The Gift That Chung’s Gave Me: On Curtis Chin’s “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant”
A. C. Huyen reviews Curtis Chin’s “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant.”...
A. C. HuyenOct 27
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir
You Mustn’t Pretend You Didn’t Know: Arundhati Roy on the Condition of India Under Modi
Arundhati Roy accepts the Charles Veillon Foundation’s 45th European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement....
Arundhati RoyOct 21
Jessie’s Girl: On Guinevere Turner’s “When the World Didn’t End”
Tamara MC reviews Guinevere Turner’s “When the World Didn’t End.”...
Tamara MCOct 9
- Memoir
Poetry as an Act of Survival: A Conversation With Safiya Sinclair
Erik Gleibermann interviews Safiya Sinclair about her memoir “How to Say Babylon.”...
Erik GleibermannOct 4
- Memoir
- Poetry
Creating Art in the Face of War Crimes: On John Freedman’s “A Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War”
Ada Wordsworth reviews John Freedman’s anthology of works by Ukrainian playwrights, “A Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War.”...
Ada WordsworthOct 3
- Memoir
- Poetry
Tell Them It Is Going to Hurt: On Meg Kissinger’s “While You Were Out”
Tahneer Oksman reviews Meg Kissinger’s “While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence.”...
Tahneer OksmanOct 2
- Biography
- Memoir
Ostalgie: Revisiting East Germany
Does nostalgia for the old East Berlin come from a deeper longing for socialism?...
Matthew LongoOct 1
Stories We Tell: The Promise and Peril of Mental Illness Narratives
Through analysis of Meg Kissinger’s “While You Were Out: An Intimate Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence” and Rachel Aviv’s “Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and Stories that Make Us,” Isabel Ruehl contemplates the role of storytelling in perpertuating mental illness....
Isabel RuehlSep 28
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
Men Explain Periods to Me
Farah Ahamed on how men reacted to her book about menstruation—by explaining menstruation....
Farah AhamedSep 24
- Memoir
Endgame Emotions: The Melting of Time, the Mourning of the World
Mikkel Krause Frantzen explores emotions at the end....
Mikkel Krause FrantzenSep 23
- Memoir
- Politics and Economics
The IIC School Versus the JLF School of Indian English
Sumana Roy on how the vernacularization of the English language has affected Indian political and cultural life....
Sumana RoySep 22
- Memoir
School Spirit: Debts and Gifts from Wallace and Lethem
Colin Flynn remembers learning from David Foster Wallace and Jonathan Lethem....
Colin FlynnSep 15
- Memoir
Annals of an Alternate World: On John McPhee’s “Tabula Rasa”
Noah Rawlings reviews John McPhee’s “Tabula Rasa.”...
Noah RawlingsSep 15
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
Puzzles to Be Solved: A Conversation with Myriam Gurba
Daniel Olivas talks with Myriam Gurba about her new book “Creep: Accusations and Confessions.”...
Daniel A. OlivasSep 5
- Memoir
Against the MFA Contrarians
Joel Cuthbertson defends the creative writing MFA as an educational, not a vocational, enterprise....
Joel CuthbertsonSep 2
- Education
- Memoir
Adrift in Mythic Country: On Tom Zoellner’s “Rim to River”
Craig Childs reviews Tom Zoellner’s “Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona.”...
Craig ChildsAug 27
- History
- Memoir