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Foregone Conclusion: The Afterword as Preface
Darrell Spencer considers death through the lenses of golf and Robert Altman’s “McCabe and Mrs. Miller.”
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Between Love and Envy
Jody Keisner explores love and envy between sisters in and outside her family.
“I’m Going to Learn How to Make My Own Kind of Life”: On Vashti Bunyan’s “Wayward”
David Mandl reviews Vashti Bunyan’s memoir “Wayward: Just Another Life to Live.”
If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Auschwitz: On Jerry Stahl’s “Nein, Nein, Nein! One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust”
Tom Teicholz reviews Jerry Stahl’s new memoir “Nein, Nein, Nein! One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust.”
The Unchanging Same: On Édouard Louis’s “A Woman’s Battles and Transformations”
Eric Newman on Édouard Louis's "A Woman’s Battles and Transformations."
“Madonna Was My Sex-Ed Teacher”: A Conversation with R/B Mertz
Samantha Mann talks with R/B Mertz about their memoir, “Burning Butch.”
“Bizness Is Bizness”: On Victor Serge’s “Last Times”
Marcus Hijkoop appreciates Victor Serge’s “Last Times,” a savagely demystifying portrait of France under Nazi occupation.
The Things We Carried to Chemo
Lisa Glatt explores first her mother’s and then her own experiences with cancer in the context of national politics and family life.
A “Lost Cause” Finds His Way: On Isaac Fitzgerald’s “Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional”
Dorian Fox explores Isaac Fitzgerald’s journey from low self-esteem to success in “Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional.”
On Baduy
Novelist Miguel Syjuco on the subversive concept of baduy in Philippine culture.
“I’ve Always Been Fascinated by the Fate of Objects”: A Conversation with David Trinidad
Jack Skelley talks with David Trinidad about his new book, “Digging to Wonderland: Memory Pieces.”
Dead Cats: A Conversation on Romance and Rejection
A conversation between Gawker editor and “Ask A Fuck Up” columnist Brandy Jensen and writer and critic Andrea Long Chu on romance and rejection.
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