The memoir uniquely explores the space between the facts of our lives and our shadow selves.
REVIEW: Shadow Migration: Mapping a Life by Suzanne Ohlmann
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
REVIEW: Affliction: Growing Up with a Closeted Gay Dad by Laura Hall
This memoir of a closeted gay father shows that the closet has collateral victims in unsuspecting spouses and confused children
REVIEW: Endings & Beginnings: Family Essays by DeWitt Henry
Family relationships are explored in an essay collection shortlisted for the PEN Award for the Art of the Essay.
REVIEW: Cost of Living: Essays by Emily Maloney
The American medical system is examined from the dual perspectives of patient and health-care worker.
REVIEW: Odyssey of Ashes: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Letting Go by Cheryl Krauter
The sport of fly fishing becomes the mechanism for processing grief following the loss of author Cheryl Krauter’s husband.
REVIEW: Work Hard, Not Smart: How to Make A Messy Literary Life by Alexis Paige
Combining memoir and explorations of craft, the book is for those who value writing at its most chaotic and honest.
REVIEW: Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief by Victoria Chang
Letters, found art and photographs are used to explore loss, preserve memories and explore identity.
REVIEW: American Honey: A Field Guide to Resisting Temptation by Sarah M. Wells
A strong voice and lyrical writing mark a memoir that pulls back the curtain to capture ten years in a marriage.
REVIEW: A Harp in the Stars: An Anthology of Lyric Essays edited by Randon Billings Noble
The anthology showcases different forms of the lyric essay, offering insights to inspire readers and motivate writers.
REVIEW: South of Somewhere: Wine, Food, and the Soul of Italy by Robert V. Camuto
In a memoir focusing on place, wine is the unifying theme as the author traces the changes in Southern Italy, his ancestral home.
