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Secrets, Omissions, the Unknown: On Victoria Chang’s “Dear Memory”
Heather Scott Partington explores Victoria Chang’s “Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief.”
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Past Our Breaking Points: A Conversation with Anjali Enjeti
Madhushree Ghosh interviews Anjali Enjeti about her new book of essays, “Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change.”
Where Coca-Cola Is Synonymous with Freedom: On Margarita Gokun Silver’s “I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales)”
Kate Tsurkan journeys through Margarita Gokun Silver’s “I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales): Notes from a Soviet Girl on Becoming an American Woman.”
A Daughter’s Quest: On Anne Liu Kellor’s “Heart Radical”
Amy Reardon explores Anne Liu Kellor’s memoir about language, love, and belonging, “Heart Radical.”
Beyond Betrayal: A Conversation with Laura Davis
Elizabeth Rosner interviews Laura Davis about her new memoir on caring for her mother at the end of her life, “The Burning Light of Two Stars.”
Of Grace and Pain: On Ashley C. Ford’s “Somebody’s Daughter”
Ellen Wayland-Smith explores Ashley C. Ford’s “Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir.”
Tell the Story: Learning from Disaster
Storyteller Strategist: A Conversation with Susan Orlean
Yvonne Conza speaks to Susan Orlean about animalish curiosities, the writing process, and the meaning of memoirs.
Inspired, Polyvocal, Joyful: On Warren Ellis’s “Nina Simone’s Gum”
Kathleen Rooney explores Warren Ellis’s “Nina Simone’s Gum.”
The Lesson of a Long Illness: On Ross Douthat’s “The Deep Places”
The conservative columnist’s memoir chronicles his struggles with Lyme disease.
Orwell’s Many-Thorned Bomb Shelter: A Conversation with Rebecca Solnit
Andrea Hoag interviews Rebecca Solnit about her new book on George Orwell, “Orwell’s Roses.”
Breaking Through: Julietta Singh’s “The Breaks” and Public Scholarship
Christopher Schaberg cracks open “The Breaks: An Essay” by Julietta Singh.
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