Memoir & Essay

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

Sifting Through “Mortal Trash”
John Domini on Kim Addonizio's "Mortal Trash" and "Bukowski in a Sundress".
John DominiAug 8, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
- Poetry
Chris Kraus and the K-Word
So far, Chris Kraus’s new position in the mainstream orbit of Jill Soloway hasn't produced an assessment of the Jewish questions that pervade Kraus’s books.
Rebecca SonkinAug 5, 2016
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
How to Write a Collage-Style Memoir
Tarn Wilson on Christine Hale's "A Piece of Sky, A Grain of Rice".
Tarn WilsonAug 1, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
An Otherwise Confounded Life
Barrie Jean Borich on Christine Crosby's "A Body, Undone".
Barrie Jean BorichJul 31, 2016
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
The Stranger Guest: The Literature of Pregnancy and New Motherhood
Lily Gurton-Wachter surveys the literature of pregnancy and new motherhood, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Rivka Galchen.
Lily Gurton-WachterJul 29, 2016
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Three Questions for Bernadette Murphy
Tara Ison interviews Bernadette Murphy
Tara IsonJul 29, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
The Anthologies of John D’Agata
Ned Stuckey-French pitches John D’Agata.
Ned Stuckey-FrenchJul 28, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
This New Era
Jessica Gross on Virginia Heffernan's "Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art".
Jessica GrossJul 28, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
The Flaws of Memory
Miranda Kennedy reviews "The Latter Days", Judith Freeman's memoir about growing up Mormon.
Miranda KennedyJul 26, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
The Mental Game is Tricky
Wendy Willis interviews Debbie Clarke Moderow about her new memoir, "Fast into the Night".
Wendy WillisJul 25, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
Voyeur, Collector, Amateur Sleuth
Tom Lutz almost gets hitched in Swaziland.
Kristin Van TasselJul 21, 2016
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
Happy with Tears: On Melancholy as a Hungarian Condition
Nicky Loomis on "Melancholy" by László F. Földényi.
Nicky LoomisJul 20, 2016