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Diet Coke and a Game of Chess: The Radical Work of Eve Babitz and Joan Didion
Nikki Darling pays homage to two women authors forever associated with Los Angeles.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Our Senses at Night: On Teju Cole’s “Black Paper”
Thomas J. Millay looks at "Black Paper," the latest book from Teju Cole.
Cold Fever
A memoir of the Far North.
Songs of Their Selves: On Lucille Clifton’s “Generations”
Maddie Crum considers “Generations” by Lucille Clifton.
(Un)certainty and Assumptions of the Archive: On Monica Huerta’s “Magical Habits”
Reading Monica Huerta’s “Magical Habits,” Rosa Boshier wonders how to live a life alongside scholarship.
Escaping the Darkness: On J. M. Thompson’s “Running Is a Kind of Dreaming”
J. M. Thompson writes a memoir about addiction, hard-won sobriety, and marathon running.
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.”
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.”
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