“Knowingness as an Obstacle to Love”: A Conversation with Emily OgdenThe author discusses her new book, “On Not Knowing,” and how to resist the temptation of having things settled....JOHANNA WINANTMEMOIR & ESSAY
Circling Back to New Galilee: On Jennifer Niesslein’s “Dreadful Sorry: Essays on an American Nostalgia”Dorian Fox explores Jennifer Niesslein’s treatment of white American nostalgia in her essay collection, “Dreadful Sorry.”...DORIAN FOXMEMOIR & ESSAY
Cultivated Illusions: On Lea Ypi’s “Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History”An engrossing memoir about coming of age in the ruins of post-Soviet Albania....CORY OLDWEILERMEMOIR & ESSAY
The Tragedy of Ukraine: On Olesya Khromeychuk’s “A Loss: The Story of a Dead Soldier Told by His Sister”Khromeychuk shares the darkest and most intimate moments of a family experiencing tremendous loss....ISOBEL KOSHIWMEMOIR & ESSAY
A Life Touched by Profound Illness: A Conversation with Meghan O’RourkeMeghan O’Rourke discusses her new book, “The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness.”...YVONNE CONZAMEMOIR & ESSAY
Looking Beyond: A Conversation with Aminatta FornaThe author discusses her sharp, engaging new collection of essays, “The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion.”...SYLVIA BROWNRIGGMEMOIR & ESSAY
Moments of Grace: On Azar Nafisi’s “Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times”In her new memoir, the author of “Reading Lolita in Tehran” describes her troubled relationship with her father....ELAINE MARGOLINMEMOIR & ESSAY
Making the Ugly Beautiful: A Conversation with Obed SilvaThe author discusses his debut memoir, “The Death of My Father the Pope.”...JAMES PENNERMEMOIR & ESSAY
Entering the Prism of Family: On Maud Newton’s “Ancestor Trouble”Lesley Heiser explores Maud Newton’s investigation of ideas of ancestry, genealogy, and her own family in “Ancestor Trouble.”...LESLEY HEISERMEMOIR & ESSAY
We Can’t Run from Our Bodies: A Conversation with Aileen WeintraubMegan Margulies interviews Aileen Weintraub about the experiences that led her to write “Knocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir.”...MEGAN MARGULIESMEMOIR & ESSAY
Joy in the Creation: A Conversation with Hasanthika SirisenaThe author discusses her new memoir, “Dark Tourist,” her South Asian immigrant family, and her discovery of her sexuality....LELAND CHEUKMEMOIR & ESSAY
Catharsis Isn’t a Dirty Word: A Conversation with Melissa FebosLilly Dancyger interviews Melissa Febos about her upcoming craft book on personal writing and publishing, “Body Work: The Power of Personal Narrative.”...LILLY DANCYGERMEMOIR & ESSAY
World Emergency: On the Fictions of Zac Smith and Mark BaumerTwo offbeat talents who capture the pulsing crux of living in our capitalist wasteland....J. T. PRICEFICTIONMEMOIR & ESSAY
The Delight and the Horror: A Conversation with Heather HavrileskySuzanne Van Atten speaks with Heather Havrilesky about her forthcoming book, “Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage,” about mostly happy marriages....SUZANNE VAN ATTENMEMOIR & ESSAY
Ephemeral Gestures of Care and Self-Compassion: On Nina Mingya Powles’s “Small Bodies of Water”This memoir of interconnected essays foregrounds small, unmediated acts of pleasure....BRYONY WHITEMEMOIR & ESSAY
Written in the Book of Life: On Kathryn Schulz’s “Lost & Found”Hannah Joyner explores Kathryn Schulz’s forays into loss, including the inextricable nature of grief and joy, in “Lost & Found.”...HANNAH JOYNERMEMOIR & ESSAY
Testimonies of Influence: On Imani Perry’s “South to America”Suzanne Van Atten discusses the scope and complexity of Imani Perry’s explorations of race and the South....SUZANNE VAN ATTENMEMOIR & ESSAY
“This Feeling Will Never Leave Me”: On Yelena and Galina Lembersky’s “Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour”Herb Randall plunges into “Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour,” a memoir of art, imprisonment, and emigration by Yelena and Galina Lembersky....HERB RANDALLMEMOIR & ESSAY
A Boy Is Beautiful: On Edgar Gomez’s “High-Risk Homosexual”Trey Burnette reviews Edgar Gomez’s debut memoir, “High-Risk Homosexual.”...TREY BURNETTEMEMOIR & ESSAY
Toward a Radical Hope and a World-Changing Rage: A Conversation with Preti TanejaPreti Taneja discusses her new book “Aftermath,” about a 2019 terror attack....GINA APOSTOLMEMOIR & ESSAY
Surviving the “Atro-city”: On Preti Taneja’s “Aftermath”Preti Taneja’s new book is a complex meditation on the 2019 London Bridge terror attack....ARIN KEEBLEMEMOIR & ESSAY
Define Yourself: Riva Lehrer’s and Jan Grue’s Disability MemoirsGoldie Goldbloom compares Riva Lehrer’s “Golem Girl” to Jan Grue’s “I Live a Life Like Yours” and explores their contributions to literature....GOLDIE GOLDBLOOMMEMOIR & ESSAY
Diet Coke and a Game of Chess: The Radical Work of Eve Babitz and Joan DidionNikki Darling pays homage to two women authors forever associated with Los Angeles....NIKKI DARLINGMEMOIR & ESSAY
Our Senses at Night: On Teju Cole’s “Black Paper”Thomas J. Millay looks at "Black Paper," the latest book from Teju Cole....THOMAS J. MILLAYMEMOIR & ESSAY