Category: Reviews

An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.

The memoir blends poetry and prose in a way that makes you want to mark every line to revisit and unpack later.

…you descend through the circles of hell with Dinty—instead of Virgil—as your expert guide, learning about religious hypocrisy as you go.

Israel is not only a great writer, but she particularly shines when she reflects on the cycles of family trauma….

One of our first natural reactions when we hear of a pre-meditated murder is to ask a simple, one-word question: “Why?”

The first chapter of World of Wonders… opens with a Catalpa Tree in western Kansas. The tree is both literal and metaphor.

I read fewer books this year than any year of my adulthood. But then a poet recommended Of Color, by Jaswinder Bolina, on social media.

…a 30-year-old female journalist disappeared beneath the sea, trapped aboard a man-made submarine…

Saper tells her intimate story … of how she survived (Iran’s) three eras: the monarchy, the revolution, and the Islamic Republic.

Savageau’s memoir is important for all the ways it approaches the reader’s understanding of Bipolar I Disorder.

In her new book, Kristina Moriconi tells the unvarnished truth about motherhood, love, and survival in a poetic, inventive voice.

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