Finn’s project is part memoir, part theory, part workbook.
REVIEW: Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors by Perdita Finn
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
REVIEW: Executrix by Brittany Perham
Perham drops us right into a Boston ICU where her father, Robert, is dying or dead or both
REVIEW: All That’s Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir by Emilee Hackney
Emilee Hackney never refers to herself, or anyone she grew up with, as a hillbilly.
REVIEW: Groundbreaking: My Unmapped Path as an Academic, Mother, and Gardener by Clare Cooper Marcus
Clare Cooper Marcus is five years old in 1940 when Nazi Germany initiates the Blitz….
REVIEW: Legs Heart Minds: Loss and Its Remedies by Chris Jones
Jones writes with an unshielded vulnerability, especially in moments where his actions skirt the edge of dangerous outcomes.
REVIEW: Frivolity: A Defense by Jehanne Dubrow
Frivolity makes an elegant case for its subject, if also a highly associative one.
REVIEW: Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969–2000 by Barry Walters
I take delight when authors work to expand on the rainbow of queerness, and Barry Walter’s Mighty Real is one such expansive work.
REVIEW: Girl in a Box: Seeking Enlightenment as a Tibetan Buddhist Nun by Paldrom Catharine Collins
Girl in a Box: Seeking Enlightenment as a Tibetan Buddhist Nun by Paldrom Catharine Collins is a candid spiritual memoir.
REVIEW: Our Knives Will Save Us: Dispatches from a White Mountain Apache Chef by Nephi Craig
Craig’s generous rendering gives readers an opportunity to learn about Indigenous cultures and rituals through food…
REVIEW: Even the Darkest Night: A Father’s Journey of Hope and Healing from Paternal Depression by Christopher Choukalas, MD
Choukalas’s memoir begins with a birth that almost results in death.
