Memoir & Essay

"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf

The Apocalypse of Adulthood
What happens when a '90s archetype grows up? Hugh Ryan reads "Black Wave" by Michelle Tea to find out.
Hugh RyanOct 13, 2016
The End of the Line
Are "fishes" misunderstood? Renée D’Aoust investigates …
Renée E. D’AoustOct 9, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
Beyond the Queer Victory Narrative: Inside the Gay Lit Invasion of North Carolina
Katie O'Reilly on North Carolina's recent Gay Lit Invasion.
Katie O’ReillyOct 4, 2016
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Dancing with Words
A. M. Kaempf strolls between the lines with Robert Walser.
A. M. KaempfSep 26, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
The Telephone Exchange
Jacqueline Feldman revisits Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia” while attending a conference in Barcelona.
Jacqueline FeldmanSep 26, 2016
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
Living in the Aftermath
Leah Mirakhor follows Hisham Matar's search for his father, kidnapped by the Qaddafi regime, in "The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between."
Leah MirakhorSep 20, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
Imaginary Children: “The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood”
Ellen Wayland-Smith on Belle Boggs's "The Art of Waiting."
Ellen Wayland-SmithSep 7, 2016
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Sil Lai Abrams Blooms in Blackness
Brooke Obie reviews Sil Lai Abrams’s new memoir “Black Lotus: A Woman’s Search for Racial Identity.”
Brooke ObieAug 31, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
What Makes a Memory
Angela Morales shows Alex Espinoza the light.
Alex EspinozaAug 30, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
Foot and Hand on the Gates: “The Fire This Time” and Carving the Canon
Bryan Washington on "The Fire This Time," edited by Jesmyn Ward.
Bryan WashingtonAug 26, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
Her Mother/Herself
Betsy Lerner and Bridge send Karen Karbo to the fridge.
Karen KarboAug 24, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
Welcome to Manville
David McGlynn on “The Hero’s Body” by William Giraldi.
David McGlynnAug 23, 2016
- Memoir & Essay