Literary Hub » Memoir

What Losing My Childhood Dog Taught Me About Grief and Companionship

What Losing My Childhood Dog Taught Me About Grief and Companionship

Chloe Shaw Tries to Answer One Question: “What is a Dog?”

By Chloe Shaw | July 14, 2021

To Write a Comic Novel, I Had to Shed the Weight of Expectation (and Adopt a New Name)

To Write a Comic Novel, I Had to Shed the Weight of Expectation (and Adopt a New Name)

Tahmima Anam on the Serious Business of Being Funny

By Tahmima Anam | July 13, 2021

How I Survived a Racialized Pregnancy in the American Healthcare System

How I Survived a Racialized Pregnancy in the American Healthcare System

Savala Nolan on the Medical Field’s Cruel Indifference to Black Mothers

By Savala Nolan | July 13, 2021

“Don’t Let the Pearls Fool You.” On Being the Only Lady at the Poker Table

“Don’t Let the Pearls Fool You.” On Being the Only Lady at the Poker Table

Helen Ellis Talks Feminine Etiquette, Playing Coy, and Winning

By Helen Ellis | July 13, 2021

Searching for Connection and Belonging, in Life and Fiction

Searching for Connection and Belonging, in Life and Fiction

Sunjeev Sahota on the Struggle and Privilege of Growing Up Between Two Countries

By Sunjeev Sahota | July 13, 2021

Carrot Quinn on the Danger—and Thrill—of Train Riding

Carrot Quinn on the Danger—and Thrill—of Train Riding

“Out here, I am huge. Expansive.”

By Carrot Quinn | July 12, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

What Writing the Story of a Divorce Taught Me About My Own

By Joyce Maynard | July 12, 2021

Danny Trejo on Doing Time with Charles Manson and Finding Freedom in the Boxing Room

By Danny Trejo with Donal Logue | July 9, 2021

On the Ecstasy—and Agony—of Running an Ultramarathon in Your Seventies

By Bernd Heinrich | July 9, 2021

How Crafting Got Me Through the Worst 700 Days of My Life

How Crafting Got Me Through the Worst 700 Days of My Life

Kelly Williams Brown on Fame, Fortune, Depression, and the Power of Tiny Paper Stars

By Kelly Williams Brown | July 9, 2021

“You Can’t Hide the Ocean.” On Finding My Way to the Interminable Sea

“You Can’t Hide the Ocean.” On Finding My Way to the Interminable Sea

Cai Chongda Remembers Coming of Age on the Coast

By Cai Chongda | July 9, 2021

WATCH: Brian Broome, Nichole Perkins, Lilly Dancyger, and Courtney Cook at the Franklin Park Reading Series

WATCH: Brian Broome, Nichole Perkins, Lilly Dancyger, and Courtney Cook at the Franklin Park Reading Series

Marae Hart Hosts Memoir Night

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 9, 2021

In Praise of the Great Rats in Literature. Literally.

In Praise of the Great Rats in Literature. Literally.

Austin Ratner on the Most Maligned Animal in the History of Art

By Austin Ratner | July 8, 2021

Summers of Discovery: Adventures in Greece with Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen

Summers of Discovery: Adventures in Greece with Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen

Judy Scott on the Intensity of Found Families

By Judy Scott | July 8, 2021

What Do You Do When a Short Story Wants to Be a Novel?

What Do You Do When a Short Story Wants to Be a Novel?

Rachel Donohue on the Character That Wouldn't Leave Her Alone

By Rachel Donohue | July 8, 2021

What the Dead Leave Behind: On the Way a Life Can Inhabit a House

What the Dead Leave Behind: On the Way a Life Can Inhabit a House

Emily Austin Navigates the Grief That Lurks Within the Best of Memories

By Emily Austin | July 8, 2021

« First ‹ Previous 88 89 90 919293 94 95 96 Next ›Last »

Page 92 of 160