An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
A hybrid memoir with a sociological framework that interrogates the paradox between private expressions of sexuality and their depictions in larger culture.
In the opening pages, Nicholas Triolo describes the scene of his collapse at the finish line of the Western States 100.
Culturally, we don’t often associate horror movies with helping us to live through our traumatic experiences.
In The Company of Owls by Polly Atkin weaves together themes of isolation, chronic pain, and the restorative power of quiet observation.
On its surface, this is a memoir about the time Caldwell spent “trying” for a baby, but as with all the best memoirs, it’s so much more than that.
There are books that understand something fundamental about place, not just as backdrop…but as a living force that shapes us.
I cracked open Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag without preconceived notions of what a graphic memoir could or should be
..Tre writes about… about the ways his families and communities have created joy despite everything in America that works to tamp that joy down.”
A beautiful exploration of intersections that exist between the things we understand and the things we never will.
When Bridget discovers rafting, it stirs something deep within her.
