"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Jan Schwarz celebrates the appearance of “From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg: Memoir and Testimony” by Avrom Sutzkever, translated from the Yiddish by Justin Cammy.
Shane Anderson on his new book, “After the Oracle,” an unusual hybrid of memoir, sports journalism, and self-help book.
In her new memoir, the poet turns traumatic family tragedy into an elegantly honest dream chronicle.
Zabe Bent calls out white people’s languid social commitments in the face of police killings of Black people.
Eiren Caffall explores Fábio Zuker’s writing about ecological collapse and resistance.
A writer tries to unravel the mystery of who killed his friend — and the friend’s different identities.
Nichole LeFebvre feels the magnetic pull of “Linea Nigra,” an essay on pregnancy and earthquakes by Jazmina Barrera, translated by Christina MacSweeney.
Lily Houston Smith examines Jeff Deutsch’s advocacy of bookstores and books in his “In Praise of Good Bookstores.”
The author discusses her new book, “On Not Knowing,” and how to resist the temptation of having things settled.
Dorian Fox explores Jennifer Niesslein’s treatment of white American nostalgia in her essay collection, “Dreadful Sorry.”
An engrossing memoir about coming of age in the ruins of post-Soviet Albania.
Khromeychuk shares the darkest and most intimate moments of a family experiencing tremendous loss.
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