• Memoir

    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, November Edition

    By Book Marks  November 25, 2020
    Thanksgiving

    On the Extravagance of Mark Twain’s Family Dishes

    By Melissa Scholes Young  November 24, 2020
    Magazine Covers

    Bruce McCall: The Story Behind Eight New Yorker Covers

    By Bruce McCall  November 24, 2020
    Letters

    A Young V.S. Naipaul Writes to His Dad About Wanting to Fit in at School

    By V.S. Naipaul  November 23, 2020
    Dance

    Ntozake Shange on Sun Ra and How She Came to Have Her Name

    By Ntozake Shange  November 23, 2020
    Diaries

    Writing and Parenting in the Pandemic Blur of
    Day to Day Life

    By Ellen O'Connell Whittet  November 23, 2020
    Storytelling

    Bill T. Jones on the Uneasy Liaison Between Storytellers and Listeners

    By Bill T. Jones  November 20, 2020
    Healing

    The Book That Marked the Beginning of My
    New Sense of Self

    By Veronica Esposito  November 20, 2020
    Palestine

    Documenting Survival as a Photojournalist in Gaza

    By Jehad al-Saftawi  November 19, 2020
    Reading Women

    Announcing Reading Women’s 2020 Nonfiction Award Shortlist

    By Reading Women  November 18, 2020
    Illness

    Michael J. Fox: When Dealing with Serious Medical Conditions,
    A Little Laughter Helps

    By Michael J. Fox  November 18, 2020
    Thanksgiving

    Towards a New Idea of
    Giving Thanks

    By Denise Kiernan  November 18, 2020
    American Presidents

    Recent History: Lessons From Obama, Both Cautionary
    and Hopeful

    By Jonathan Reiber  November 17, 2020
    Family

    Betsy Bonner Tracks the Ghost of Her Sister’s Life

    By Jeannie Vanasco  November 17, 2020
    Graphic Novel

    Scenes From a Marriage: The Rise and Fall of a 30-Year Relationship

    By Michael Rabagliati  November 17, 2020
    Rock N Roll

    Peter Frampton Talks Fame, David Bowie, and The Simpsons

    By Dan Sheehan  November 16, 2020
    Sexual Assault

    When Your Memoir Has the Word ‘Rape’ in the Title

    By Michelle Bowdler  November 16, 2020
    Food Writing

    Every Foodie Has an
    Origin Story

    By Deborah Madison  November 13, 2020
    Diaries

    The Diaries of Imre Kertész: On Power, Revolution, and Futurity

    By Imre Kertész and Tim Wilkinson  November 13, 2020
    Childhood

    Eudora Welty: How My Parents Built a Childhood of Books

    By Eudora Welty  November 12, 2020
    Opera

    Why Opera Will Never Die

    By Paul Morley  November 11, 2020
    Travel

    Cees Nooteboom Takes a Wintry Ride Through Venice

    By Cees Nooteboom  November 6, 2020
    Children's Lit

    Leanne Hall Examines Her Problematic Childhood Fave

    By Leanne Hall  November 6, 2020
    Imprisoned Writers

    Tiyo Attallah Salah-El Navigates the Racialized Politics of Prison

    By Tiyo Attallah Salah-El  November 6, 2020
    Family History

    Between the Cane Rows: Principles of Making in the Cycles of Power

    By Patrick Rosal  November 5, 2020
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