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A Life Touched by Profound Illness: A Conversation with Meghan O’Rourke
Meghan O’Rourke discusses her new book, “The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness.”
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Looking Beyond: A Conversation with Aminatta Forna
The author discusses her sharp, engaging new collection of essays, “The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion.”
Moments of Grace: On Azar Nafisi’s “Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times”
In her new memoir, the author of “Reading Lolita in Tehran” describes her troubled relationship with her father.
Making the Ugly Beautiful: A Conversation with Obed Silva
The author discusses his debut memoir, “The Death of My Father the Pope.”
Entering the Prism of Family: On Maud Newton’s “Ancestor Trouble”
Lesley Heiser explores Maud Newton’s investigation of ideas of ancestry, genealogy, and her own family in “Ancestor Trouble.”
We Can’t Run from Our Bodies: A Conversation with Aileen Weintraub
Megan Margulies interviews Aileen Weintraub about the experiences that led her to write “Knocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir.”
Joy in the Creation: A Conversation with Hasanthika Sirisena
The author discusses her new memoir, “Dark Tourist,” her South Asian immigrant family, and her discovery of her sexuality.
Catharsis Isn’t a Dirty Word: A Conversation with Melissa Febos
Lilly Dancyger interviews Melissa Febos about her upcoming craft book on personal writing and publishing, “Body Work: The Power of Personal Narrative.”
World Emergency: On the Fictions of Zac Smith and Mark Baumer
Two offbeat talents who capture the pulsing crux of living in our capitalist wasteland.
The Delight and the Horror: A Conversation with Heather Havrilesky
Suzanne Van Atten speaks with Heather Havrilesky about her forthcoming book, “Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage,” about mostly happy marriages.
Ephemeral Gestures of Care and Self-Compassion: On Nina Mingya Powles’s “Small Bodies of Water”
This memoir of interconnected essays foregrounds small, unmediated acts of pleasure.
Written in the Book of Life: On Kathryn Schulz’s “Lost & Found”
Hannah Joyner explores Kathryn Schulz’s forays into loss, including the inextricable nature of grief and joy, in “Lost & Found.”
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