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Grief and Joy Intermixed: On Michelle Zauner’s “Crying in H Mart”
Michelle Zauner’s memoir of caring for her cancer-stricken mother is generous and transformative.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Six Burning Questions for Michelle Zauner About “Crying in H Mart”
Katie Schwarz talks to Michelle Zauner about her debut book, “Crying in H Mart.”
Blind Curve Ahead
Rachel Kushner rides a motorcycle close to the edge.
On Packing Up My Library
How a scholar built a world-class Latin American Judaica collection, and then shipped it away.
Tainted Objects: A Conversation with Laura Levitt
Jacquelyn Ardam interviews Laura Levitt on the objects left behind after trauma in her new book, “The Objects That Remain.”
Finding the Story: A Conversation with Lilly Dancyger
Lilly Dancyger discusses her new memoir about her artist father, “Negative Space.”
Push-Pull: An Interview with Keema Waterfield
Keema Waterfield talks family, history, and process in this interview on her new book, “Inside Passage.”
Closer to Being Fully Myself: On Suzanne Koven’s “Letter to a Young Female Physician”
Rana Awdish reads "Letter to a Young Female Physician," the new collection by Suzanne Koven.
In the Spaces Between Generations: On Courtney Zoffness’s “Spilt Milk”
Heather Scott Partington reflects on “Spilt Milk,” the debut literary memoir by Courtney Zoffness.
Unwrapping Bubby’s Sofa: On Menachem Kaiser’s “Plunder”
Menachem Kaiser’s memoir shows that story hunting and treasure hunting are different sides of the same buried coin.
Ghost Stories: On J. Nicole Jones’s “Low Country”
Suzanne Van Atten review J. Nicole Jones’s debut book, a memoir of her experience growing up in the South.
Brushing Off the Dust: On “I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust”
Melissa Greenwood relates to and reviews “I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust” by Emily Grodin and Valerie Gilpeer.
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