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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.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
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.”
Testimonies of Influence: On Imani Perry’s “South to America”
Suzanne Van Atten discusses the scope and complexity of Imani Perry’s explorations of race and the South.
“This Feeling Will Never Leave Me”: On Yelena and Galina Lembersky’s “Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour”
Herb Randall plunges into “Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour,” a memoir of art, imprisonment, and emigration by Yelena and Galina Lembersky.
A Boy Is Beautiful: On Edgar Gomez’s “High-Risk Homosexual”
Trey Burnette reviews Edgar Gomez’s debut memoir, “High-Risk Homosexual.”
Toward a Radical Hope and a World-Changing Rage: A Conversation with Preti Taneja
Preti Taneja discusses her new book “Aftermath,” about a 2019 terror attack.
Surviving the “Atro-city”: On Preti Taneja’s “Aftermath”
Preti Taneja’s new book is a complex meditation on the 2019 London Bridge terror attack.
Define Yourself: Riva Lehrer’s and Jan Grue’s Disability Memoirs
Goldie Goldbloom compares Riva Lehrer’s “Golem Girl” to Jan Grue’s “I Live a Life Like Yours” and explores their contributions to literature.
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