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Breaking and Remaking the Trans Memoir: On Cecilia Gentili’s “Faltas”
Hugh Ryan reviews Cecilia Gentili’s searing new memoir, “Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist.”
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Hurt Just the Right Way: A Conversation with Emi Nietfeld
Natasia Pelowski speaks with Emi Nietfeld about her new memoir, “Acceptance.”
The Tang of Herded Men, and Their Smell: On the Centennial Edition of E. E. Cummings’s “The Enormous Room”
Benjamin Shull reviews a new edition of E. E. Cummings’s “The Enormous Room.”
Write Stuff: A Conversation with Kavita Das
Anjali Enjeti talks with Kavita Das about her new essay collection, “Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issues.”
Absolute Sovereignty: On Constance Debré’s “Love Me Tender”
Gracie Hadland reviews Constance Debré’s “Love Me Tender.”
Memento Mori: On Lauren Haldeman’s “Team Photograph”
Lee Thomas takes a look at Lauren Haldeman’s experimental graphic novel “Team Photograph.”
Naming Names: On A. N. Wilson’s “Confessions”
Timothy Larsen reviews A. N. Wilson’s “Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises.”
The Cost of Silence
Michael Wolfe appreciates his slice of Los Angeles.
All of the Monsters (In Which I Accuse James Purdy of Throwing My Four-Year-Old Child Down Two Flights of Stairs Using His Powers of Telekinesis): On Michael Snyder’s “James Purdy”
Matthew Stadler recalls his friend James Purdy via Michael Snyder’s new biography of the novelist, playwright, and poet, “James Purdy: Life of a Contrarian Writer.”
The Body in Topography
Mariam Gomaa reflects on the intertwining characteristics of health, surgery, religion, and philosophy.
Lyrics in Search of an Allegory: On Three Recent Books from Rachel Hadas
Sunil Iyengar reviews Rachel Hadas’s recent collections of poems, “Love and Dread” and “Pandemic Almanac,” alongside “Piece By Piece: Selected Prose.”
When a Girl Is a Gun: On Joanna Walsh’s “My Life as a Godard Movie”
Jamie Hood reviews Joanna Walsh’s memoir-critical hybrid, “My Life as a Godard Movie.”
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