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A New Look at the Hobo
Reconsidering the tradition of “hobo” letters.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
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.
Discomfort of the Unquantifiable: On Selina Mahmood’s “A Pandemic in Residence: Essays from a Detroit Hospital”
Pallavi Yetur ruminates on the psychological implications of COVID-19 with Selina Mahmood’s “A Pandemic in Residence: Essays from a Detroit Hospital.”
The Complicity of Home: On Kazim Ali’s “Northern Light”
“Northern Light” is a mixture of memoir and environmental nonfiction that plays with the conventions of both.
“Was It a Betrayal?”: On Kate Zambreno’s “To Write As If Already Dead”
Jenny Wu traverses Kate Zambreno’s newest book, “To Write As If Already Dead.”
Down Memory Lane: A Conversation with Megan Culhane Galbraith
Taylor Larsen peeks into the mind of Megan Culhane Galbraith and talks to her about her debut memoir, “The Guild of the Infant Saviour.”
“My Soul Demanded It”: On Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “Between Two Millstones”
Patrick Kurp reads “Between Two Millstones, Book 2: Exile in America, 1978-1994,” a memoir by the Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
A Civilized Frame: On Tove Ditlevsen’s “Dependency”
Nina Renata Aron returns for book three of Tove Ditlevsen’s memoir, “The Copenhagen Trilogy.”
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