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Perseverance of Love: On Irvin Yalom’s “Becoming Myself”
Maria Rybakova reviews psychiatrist Irvin Yalom's recent memoir, "Becoming Myself."
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
An Exercise in Redemption: On Deirdre Bair’s “Parisian Lives”
In her new memoir, Deirdre Bair defends her biographical research and writing.
Witty and Grim: On Oscar Mandel’s “Last Pages”
Jake Fuchs relishes the grim wit of “Last Pages” by Oscar Mandel while pondering whether its author is "essentially cheerful."
Locs in the Sweat Lodge: On Shonda Buchanan’s “Black Indian”
Eisa Nefertari Ulen reviews Shonda Buchanan's new memoir, "Black Indian."
The Stars Her Destination: On Sara Wheeler’s “Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age”
Bob Blaisdell tags along with Sara Wheeler through “Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age.”
Cancer’s Crisis Ordinary
For Anne Boyer, illness is an opportunity to better know and critique the society in which she has fallen ill.
“Total Strike”: On Anne Boyer’s “The Undying”
Natasha Boyd considers “The Undying” by Anne Boyer.
Auspicious Conflagrations: The Heat of Women’s Anger
Bean Gilsdorf joins the chorus of women speaking about their anger, so that they can do something about it.
“Either Hyper-Visible or Invisible”: An Interview with Jaquira Díaz
Jaquira Díaz discusses her new memoir, her love of music, and her gratitude for the richness of her Puerto Rican heritage.
Pain as Revolution: On Anne Boyer’s “The Undying”
Emily LaBarge reviews Anne Boyer's memoir/meditation on the personal and cultural experience of cancer.
Everybody Hurts
Travis Rieder’s “In Pain” provides us with a bioethics that is not passively analytical, but peacefully agitative.
Picking Children’s Pockets: An Interview with Dina Nayeri
A personal story about fleeing the Iranian Revolution is also an indictment of Western immigration policy.
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