Sophia Stewart reflects on Didion’s legacy as a serious writer and a style icon....

Linda Kinstler ponders “In Memory of Memory,” a book-length essay by the Russian poet Maria Stepanova, translated by Sasha Dugdale....

Jo Ann Beard and Rachel DeWoskin discuss Beard’s new essay collection, “Festival Days.”...

Finnish author Mia Kankimäki follows in the footsteps of a series of adventurous “night women.”...

Barbara Abercrombie interviews Deborah A. Lott about her recent memoir, and shares her own methods along the way....

Leonard Koren’s musings are more rigorous than most....

Dinah Lenney talks with writer Suleika Jaouad about her new memoir, "Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted."...

A celebrated Croatian cultural critic exposes the thin skin of contemporary democracy....

Sara-Kate Astrove asks Susan Shapiro about her memoir, “The Forgiveness Tour: How to Find the Perfect Apology.”...

A searing French memoir gives voice to a victim of sexual abuse, and provokes a crisis of conscience in the country....

Abbie Reese talks with writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest about the politics of US borders for Mexican immigrants and Native Americans....

A postwar whitewashing of Vichy France reflects on the American situation....

Karen Tei Yamashita discusses her new collection, “Sansei and Sensibility,” and the strange appeal of Jane Austen....

Anandi Mishra meanders through “Aimlessness,” the new book by Tom Lutz....

Hannah Kofman reckons with “The Copenhagen Trilogy,” the recently translated memoir by Tove Ditlevsen....

Peggy Ellsberg praises the clarity, reverence, and affection of “The Catholic Writer Today” and “Studying with Miss Bishop” by Dana Gioia....

Sean Hooks speaks to George Saunders about his first nonfiction book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.”...