Imagine A Door is so much more than a craft book for writers. It’s a powerful reminder of a fundamental truth and right: everyone is a writer.
REVIEW: Imagine a Door by Laura Stanfill
Year: 2025
REVIEW: Alias Agnes: The Notorious Tale of a Gilded Age Spy by Elizabeth A. DeWolfe
In a well-paced narrative, Elizabeth A. DeWolfe shows what happened in Alias Agnes: The Notorious Tale of a Gilded Age Spy
REVIEW: Thank You for Staying With Me: Essays by Bailey Gaylin Moore
Bailey Gaylin Moore’s essay collection, Thank You for Staying with Me is full of wonder and sharp observations,
REVIEW: Almanac: A Murmuration by Christine Gelineau
Christine Gelineau is a helluva writer, and Almanac is her masterpiece.
REVIEW: Abbreviate by Sarah Fawn Montgomery
Sarah Fawn Montgomery has a way with words. In her memoir of mini-essays, Abbreviate, she uses them in unique and startling ways.
INTERVIEW: Julie Brill, Author of Hidden in Plain Sight
I was taught only two types of Holocaust stories: a hidden child story like Anne Frank’s and stories of the trains and the camps. My father’s was different.
INTERVIEW: Melissa Fraterrigo, Author of The Perils of Girlhood: A Memoir in Essays
I like the messiness of letting myself figure some things out on the page.
REVIEW: Frontier: A Memoir & a Ghost Story by Erica Stern
Frontier seamlessly blend[s] fiction with memoir with research in the most artful and imaginative manner.
REVIEW: The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood by Kristen Martin
At 14, Martin and her brother were orphans.
REVIEW: The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex by Melissa Febos
The writing in The Dry Season is smart and funny, and it blooms on the page like acres of flowers.
