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An Innocent Abroad: Joan Didion’s Midlife Crisis
Because of her failure to see beyond the world that raised her, Didion almost wasted two decades of literary production.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Let Us Now Praise Famous Californians
Wayne Catan reviews Matthew Specktor's latest book, "Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles, California."
Growing Up Fast, Never Growing Up: On Erika Schickel’s “The Big Hurt”
Lily Houston Smith explores “The Big Hurt” by Erika Schickel.
Justice for the “Restless Dead”
Adela Pineda Franco contemplates “The Restless Dead,” the recently published book by Cristina Rivera Garza.
Feeling Other: On Rajiv Mohabir’s “Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir”
Babi Oloko explores “Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir” by Rajiv Mohabir.
All the Eternal Questions: On Meghan O’Gieblyn’s “God, Human, Animal, Machine”
Art Edwards explores “God, Human, Animal, Machine” by Meghan O’Gieblyn.
A New Look at the Hobo
Reconsidering the tradition of “hobo” letters.
Confronting the Wild Years: On Hayden Herrera’s “Upper Bohemia”
Heather Scott Partington dwells on “Upper Bohemia,” a memoir by illustrious biographer Hayden Herrera.
Tiny Pinpoint Glimmers: On Marina Jarre’s “Distant Fathers”
This elliptical memoir is the first English translation of a major modern Italian author.
Summer Words
Travis Diehl finds himself "Lost in Summerland," the new essay collection by Barrett Swanson.
Trying to Photograph a Hummingbird: Essays upon Essays
A new collection of methodical studies of a highly unmethodical form.
Three Questions for Cherríe Moraga Regarding Her Memoir, “Native Country of the Heart”
Daniel A. Olivas interviews Cherríe Moraga about her most recent memoir.
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