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Life in Stasis: Behrouz Boochani’s Manus Prison Literature
A harrowing book about refugees in Australian detention reveals much about the national character.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
The Book as Devotional Object: Kate Zambreno’s “Appendix Project”
Ruby Brunton reviews Kate Zambreno's latest book, "Appendix Project," released by Semiotext(e).
“Working”: A Brief History of History
Robert Caro is still asking questions, and asking his readers to do the same.
Paladin of Literary Agon: A Conversation with Harold Bloom
On the daemonic powers of memory and the blessings of great literature.
Treasures on Earth and in Heaven: On Briallen Hopper’s “Hard to Love”
Ellen Wayland-Smith reviews Briallen Hopper’s new essay collection, “Hard to Love.”
The Problem of the Now: A Conversation with Sally Ashton
Dinah Lenney talks to Sally Ashton about her new book, "The Behaviour of Clocks."
Philosophy for Everyone and No One: On Two Recent Books by John Kaag
John Muller discusses John Kaag’s innovation in the genre of philosophical memoir.
The Sense of Passage: On Michael Webb’s “Moving Around: A Lifetime of Wandering”
Ezrha Jean Black considers the potential of “Moving Around: A Lifetime of Wandering” by Michael Webb.
Two Mediums, Two Countries, Two Mothers: An Interview with Sophia Shalmiyev
Erica Trabold talks to Sophia Shalmiyev about her new memoir “Mother Winter” and the curated exhibit that accompanied its launch in Portland.
The Absent Mother: On Sophia Shalmiyev’s “Mother Winter”
Shoshana Olidort reviews Sophia Shalmiyev’s “Mother Winter,” a tale of absence, longing, and motherhood from Russia to the United States.
An Atlas of Self
Colleen Kinder reviews the new collage-style memoir by T Kira Madden.
Must We Mean What We Say?: On the Life and Thought of Stanley Cavell
What the late Stanley Cavell’s memoir tells us about his philosophy.
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