Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
The Necessity of Being Judgmental: On “k-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher”
"k-punk" is a primer in how to write cultural criticism today. If it is a catastrophe that we no longer have Mark Fisher, we at least have this collection.
Holocaust Remembrance: Primo Levi’s Work
In confronting Primo Levi's writing, in allowing ourselves to be drawn into the horror, we face not the evil that Levi faced, but rather ourselves.
The Shaggy, Sharp-Toothed Thing
Emily LaBarge reviews Esmé Weijun Wang’s “The Collected Schizophrenias.”
The Enduring Appeal of Cancer Lit
Two new cancer memoirs expand a growing canon.
Not Just Russians, Not Just Jews: On New Works by Irina Reyn, Boris Fishman, and David Bezmozgis
On “Mother Country” by Irina Reyn, “Savage Feast” by Boris Fishman, and “Immigrant City” by David Bezmozgis.
Notes of an Undocumented Son
Sara Campos reviews Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas new memoir, "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen."
We All Get to Dream: On Glory Edim’s “Well Read-Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves”
Utibe Gautt Ate exalts “Well-Read Black Girl,” the new essay collection edited by Glory Edim.
Serendipity: A Conversation Between Sven Birkerts and Christopher Benfey
Sven Birkerts and Christopher Benfey discuss art, awareness, and the operations of chance.
“The Natural Next Step”: Dinah Lenney Interviews Wendy Willis
Dinah Lenney talks to writer Wendy Willis about her just-published collection of wide-ranging essays, "These Are Strange Times, My Dear."
Bird’s Eye View: Jonathan Franzen Looks Down on Climate Activism
Jonathan Franzen looks down on climate activism.
The Unthought Known: An Interview with Dani Shapiro
A seasoned memoirist on the trauma of finding her biological father.
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