Memoir & Essay

"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf

Identity Is a Flexible Category: A Conversation with Sorayya Khan
Torsa Ghosal talks with Sorayya Khan about her new memoir, “We Take Our Cities with Us.”
Torsa GhosalNov 7, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
A Day in Radomsko
A report on Louise Steinman’s book launch in Poland and the larger project of Polish-Jewish reconciliation.
Laurie Winer, Louise SteinmanNov 6, 2022
The Dreariness of Book Club Discussions
Book clubs are wildly popular, but, Naomi Kanakia asks, what use are they, really?
Naomi KanakiaNov 2, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
The Silence About Menstruation: A Conversation with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Eleanor J. Bader talks with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff about her new collection “Our Red Book: Intimate Histories of Periods, Growing & Changing.”
Eleanor J. BaderNov 1, 2022
Literature Versus Content: On Dubravka Ugrešić’s “Thank You for Not Reading”
Eric Vanderwall reviews the reissue of Dubravka Ugrešić 2003 book “Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia,” translated by Celia Hawkesworth and Damion Searles.
Eric VanderwallOct 27, 2022
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
When One of Us Dies: On Mathieu Lindon’s “Hervelino”
Edmée Lepercq reviews Mathieu Lindon’s memoir “Hervelino,” translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman.
Edmée LepercqOct 26, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
A Third Term Is Possible: On Sofia Samatar’s “The White Mosque”
Safwan Khatib reviews Sofia Samatar’s new memoir “The White Mosque.”
Safa KhatibOct 25, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
Armpit Tortillas and Cactus Saliva: On Linda Ronstadt and Lawrence Downes’s “Feels Like Home”
Caroline Tracey reviews Linda Ronstadt and Lawrence Downes’s “Feels Like Home.”
Caroline TraceyOct 21, 2022
When Family Is a Foreign Language: On Linda Murphy Marshall’s “Ivy Lodge”
Liz Chang reviews Linda Murphy Marshall’s new book “Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery.”
Liz ChangOct 20, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
Unity in Diversity: On Overcoming the Erasure of Kurdistan and Jina Amini
Activists Ala Riani and Rezan Labady explain the significance of the Iran 2022 protests and the need to spotlight Kurdish identities in the face of cultural erasure.
Ala Riani, Rezan LabadyOct 13, 2022
All That Really Happens Happens to Me: On Annie Ernaux’s “Getting Lost”
Kaya Genç surveys the work of Annie Ernaux via her memoir “Getting Lost,” translated by Alison L. Strayer.
Kaya GençOct 10, 2022
The Whole World Is a Work of Art: On Jonathan Bate’s “Mad About Shakespeare”
Tom Sperlinger reviews Jonathan Bate’s new book “Mad About Shakespeare: From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room.”
Tom SperlingerSep 28, 2022
- Literary Criticism
- Memoir & Essay