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We Lost It at the Movies
Martha Southgate ponders the formative experiences and changing landscape of going to "The Movies."
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Public Catastrophes, Private Retreats
Anthony Curtis Adler connects with Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor’s “A Friendship in Twilight: Lockdown Conversations on Death and Life.”
Who Is This Writing For? On Elaine Castillo’s “How to Read Now”
Kathy Chow reviews Elaine Castillo’s new collection of essays, “How To Read Now.”
Widow’s Peak
Laura Mauldin explores long and intensive caregiving, the devastation of losing a partner, and the process of healing, in part through having and loving a child.
On Thanksgiving, an Uninvited Guest
Jacque Gorelick explores her grief upon her breast cancer diagnosis, her experience of her treatment program, and the fear that she will have fewer Thanksgivings with her children.
The Boundlessness of Being in “Brown Neon”
Rachel León is transported through the boundless terrain of Raquel Gutiérrez’s “Brown Neon.”
“The Word ‘Future’ Wasn’t Part of My Vocabulary”: On Cookie Mueller’s “Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories”
Nathan Dunne reviews Cookie Mueller’s “Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black.”
Left Mid-Sentence: On Laura Trujillo’s “Stepping Back from the Ledge”
Colleen Creighton considers Laura Trujillo’s “Stepping Back from the Ledge: A Daughter’s Search for Truth and Renewal.”
“I’m an Idiot. Please Kill Me”: On Markiyan Kamysh’s “Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl”
Cory Oldweiler reviews Markiyan Kamysh’s memoir, “Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl.”
Seeing and Solitude: On Celia Paul’s “Letters to Gwen John”
Mairead Small Staid reviews Celia Paul’s new mixed-genre memoir, “Letters to Gwen John.”
Game, Set, Match
Jason Christian considers “The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings” by Geoff Dyer.
Where the Sagebrush Grows
Brittany Bronson considers John M. Glionna’s collection of essays about rural Nevada.
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