• Memoir

    On Writing

    Hanging Out With Joan Didion: What I Learned About Writing From an American Master

    By Sara Davidson  October 5, 2021
    Activism

    On Racial Injustice and the False Promise of Police Reforms

    By Derecka Purnell  October 5, 2021
    Family Stories

    In Search of My Family’s Faroese Stories

    By Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen  October 5, 2021
    Freeman's

    Nadifa Mohamed on the Long, Strange Journey of Her Uncle Kettle

    By Nadifa Mohamed  October 4, 2021
    Booksellers

    Notes From a Cairo Bookseller

    By Nadia Wassef  October 4, 2021
    Identity

    On Babar: Model of Integration or Crumbling Myth?

    By Faїza Guène and Sarah Ardizzone  October 4, 2021
    News and Culture

    On Constancia de la Mora and the Plight of Writers in Exile

    By Soledad Fox Maura  October 4, 2021
    Apartheid

    The Complex Freedom of Creating Art as a Black Woman in Post-Apartheid South Africa

    By Colleen van Niekerk  October 4, 2021
    New in Nonfiction

    New and Noteworthy Nonfiction to Read This October

    By Literary Hub  September 30, 2021
    Islam

    On the Push and Pull of Muslim Cultural Identity

    By Omar Mouallem  September 30, 2021
    Awards

    Announcing the Winner of Restless Books 2021 Prize for New Immigrant Writing

    By Literary Hub  September 30, 2021
    The Writing Life

    Saying a Few Words About My Novel at the Aphasia Self-Help Group

    By Jon McGregor  September 29, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies

    By Book Marks  September 29, 2021
    Freeman's

    Lauren Groff on Growing Up in What Felt Like the Middle of Nowhere

    By Lauren Groff  September 28, 2021
    Climate Crisis

    Saving Our Trees, Saving Our Animals

    By Dr. Kinari Webb  September 28, 2021
    Language

    Wakanda Forever: How the Black Panther Salute Links the Black Community

    By William Evans  September 27, 2021
    Grief

    Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

    By Christopher Sorrentino  September 27, 2021
    TV

    How the Iconic Late-Night TV Character of Elvira Came to Be

    By Cassandra Peterson  September 24, 2021
    Artists

    Eileen Myles on Following Joan Mitchell’s Path Through New York City

    By Eileen Myles  September 23, 2021
    Family Histories

    What is Revealed by the Family Stories That Go Untold?

    By Kei Miller  September 23, 2021
    Thresholds

    Rebecca Carroll on the Joy and Relief of Finding Catharsis Through Crafting Memoir

    By Thresholds   September 22, 2021
    Motherhood

    Out of the Closet and Out of Time: On Being an Old(ish) Mother

    By Laura Davis  September 22, 2021
    Tech

    How a Second-Generation Latino Immigrant Became Known as the Boy Genius of Apple

    By Michael Sayman  September 21, 2021
    Book Covers

    What If My Book’s Cover Design Misrepresents Its Content?

    By Saumya Roy  September 21, 2021
    Queer History

    Telling the Real Story Behind the AIDS Panic in a Small Florida Town

    By Steven Reigns  September 20, 2021
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