Memoir & Essay

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

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
Storyteller: An Interview with Terry Tempest Williams
D. J. Lee interviews Terry Tempest Williams.
D. J. LeeJul 19, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
The Lonely Hearts Club
Olivia Laing has found a canny, outward-facing architecture to hold up the viscous topic of loneliness.
Nora Caplan-BrickerJul 16, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
Blogging Illness
Rachel Adams addresses the publishing industry and new media platforms, which allow those affected by illnesses to document their experiences differently.
Rachel AdamsJul 15, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
Restless Books asks three writers to look in the mirror and say what they see.
Dinah LenneyJul 13, 2016
- Memoir & Essay