Delectatio Morosa: On Fleur Jaeggy’s “These Possible Lives”
Emily LaBarge is transported by “These Possible Lives,” a collection of essays by Fleur Jaeggy....
Real Culture: Jonathan Lethem on “Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop From Elvis to Jay Z”
Scott Timberg and Jonathan Lethem talk about his anthology of music criticism, “Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop From Elvis to Jay Z.”...
Literature as Life: Sergio Pitol’s “Trilogy of Memory”
Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado reflects on Sergio Pitol's "Trilogy of Memory," now out in full from Deep Vellum Publishing....
The Damage Done
Clifford Thompson considers the strengths and shortcomings of Roxane Gay's "Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body."...
Bookish Basketball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Latest
Seth Greenland reviews Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's new memoir, "Coach Wooden and Me."...
Black-and-Gray Realism
Jason S. Sexton connects to the story of legendary Los Angeles tattoo artists Freddy Negrete, as told in his memoir, “Smile Now, Cry Later.”...
One Mystery Will Solve Another: Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich’s “The Fact of a Body”
Alice Bolin on Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich’s hybrid of true crime and memoir, “The Fact of a Body.”...
Making Motherhood into Art
Fed and cared for, Menkedick is allowed the space few women have, to sit with her pregnancy and truly grapple with its implications for her life....
Portrait of the Artist on the Make: A Conversation with Lee Siegel
Scott Timberg interviews Lee Siegel about his memoir, “The Draw.”...
The Myth of an Apolitical Montaigne
Robert Minto assays “Montaigne: A Life” by Philippe Desan, which restores the great essayist’s political dimension....
A Brutal Intelligence: AI, Chess, and the Human Mind
Nicholas Carr contemplates AI and “Deep Thinking,” a memoir by chess master Garry Kasparov....
LSD and Palestine in the Same Season: An Interview with Ayelet Waldman
Leah Mirakhor interviews Ayelet Waldman about her 30-day stretch of microdosing LSD as well as the Israeli occupation of the West Bank....
