Literary Hub » Memoir

Blood, Sweat, and Paint: Finding the Work Behind the Art

Blood, Sweat, and Paint: Finding the Work Behind the Art

Bianca Bosker Explores the Artistic Practice From the Painter’s Perspective

By Bianca Bosker | February 8, 2024

“D,” an Alphabetical Prose Experiment by Sheila Heti

“D,” an Alphabetical Prose Experiment by Sheila Heti

From the Book “Alphabetical Diaries”

By Sheila Heti | February 6, 2024

Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents

Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents

Margot Livesey Explores the Possibility of a Power Passed Down for Generations

By Margot Livesey | February 6, 2024

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

“The psychic burden would’ve been too great if I’d written the story as memoir.”

By Chris Cander | February 2, 2024

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

“Reframing work is an ongoing and sometimes impossible-seeming process.”

By Brandi Wells | January 31, 2024

How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

From His Graphic Memoir, "Zodiac"

By Ai Weiwei, Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini | January 30, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

By Aminatta Forna | January 29, 2024

On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

By Vanessa Ogle | January 29, 2024

Life a Cold Crematorium: A Long-Lost Memoir from a Holocaust Survivor

By József Debreczeni | January 25, 2024

Crystal Wilkinson on the Importance of Birthdays in the Black Community

Crystal Wilkinson on the Importance of Birthdays in the Black Community

“Let us celebrate. Not in a way that is meant to milk our pocketbooks in the name of consumerism and capitalism, but with love.”

By Crystal Wilkinson | January 24, 2024

Unlocking Reason: How the Deaf Created Their Own System of Communication

Unlocking Reason: How the Deaf Created Their Own System of Communication

Moshe Kasher Explores Deaf History, Language and Education as the Hearing Child of a Deaf Adult

By Moshe Kasher | January 22, 2024

The Splintering of the Self: Annie Liontas on Life After Concussion

The Splintering of the Self: Annie Liontas on Life After Concussion

“I tell myself that the brain injury did not take away a self, rather it revealed many other selves heretofore unknown to me.”

By Annie Liontas | January 18, 2024

Lightning and Land Ablaze: The Primal Terror of Living in Wildfire Country

Lightning and Land Ablaze: The Primal Terror of Living in Wildfire Country

Manjula Martin Recounts a Day of Apocalyptic Storms in Northern California

By Manjula Martin | January 18, 2024

Susan Muaddi Darraj on Finding Inspiration in the Lives of Ordinary Palestinians

Susan Muaddi Darraj on Finding Inspiration in the Lives of Ordinary Palestinians

“I take my cue from them—these are my people, and their humble resilience will continue to inspire me.”

By Susan Muaddi Darraj | January 18, 2024

Why I Write Gay: Eric Schlich Channels His Bisexuality Through Queer Protagonists

Why I Write Gay: Eric Schlich Channels His Bisexuality Through Queer Protagonists

“I’m done thinking of that as cowardly. Because what it really was, was empowering.”

By Eric Schlich | January 18, 2024

Migraines, Motherhood and Marriage: On the Challenges of Managing an Open Relationship

Migraines, Motherhood and Marriage: On the Challenges of Managing an Open Relationship

Molly Roden Winter Explores the Dynamics of Multiple Simultaneous Partnerships

By Molly Roden Winter | January 17, 2024

« First ‹ Previous 22 23 24 252627 28 29 30 Next ›Last »

Page 26 of 157