… a cultural, intellectual, historical and, at times, emotional ride through the author’s life.
REVIEW: Apartness: A Memoir in Essays and Poems by Judy Kronenfeld
REVIEW: How the Hell Did I Not Know That? by Lucie Frost
[How the Hell Did I Not Know This] has come along to remind me that memoirs can also teach you trivia in ways that will keep you laughing.
REVIEW: Hotshot: A Life on Fire by River Selby
Wildland firefighting in Hotshot is a brutal endeavour, one that often goes unseen and underappreciated.
WRITING LIFE: Balancing Passions as an Author and College Student By McKenna Graf
How could a 21-year-old publish two books? Surely that’s not enough time to know what you’re doing.
WRITING LIFE: Guerrilla Writing by Gary Smothers
My sworn enemy, the laptop battery, reminded me I had ninety minutes to write this.
INTERVIEW: Tania Richard, Author of Black Girl from a White Suburb: Finding My Light, Using My Voice
While her life as an actress is fascinating, her point of view about what it’s like to be the only black person in the room as a child is a voice that is necessary.
INTERVIEW: Peter Mendelsund, Author of Exhibitionist
Exhibitionist is at once a memoir — a journal — and an art book.
INTERVIEW: Robin Hemley, Author of How to Change History: A Salvage Project
Robin Hemley reminds us that life is just as equally absurd as it is heartbreaking, as silly as it is serious….
INTERVIEW: Jennifer Pastiloff, Author of Proof of Life: Let Go, Let Love, and Stop Looking for Permission to Live Your Life
An extraordinary listen/read in its simplicity and its depth, Proof of Life imparts meaning simultaneously obvious and revelatory.
At the Beginning of Autumn I Remember the Last Days of 6th Grade by Gregory Emilio
The last week of sixth grade: a time of kick-flips, bottle-rockets, first kisses in closets….
