Among Schwartz’s most thought-provoking pieces is “In The Land of Double Narrative.”
Review: When History Is Personal by Mimi Schwartz
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
Review: The Year of No Summer: A Reckoning by Rachel Lebowitz
This is not a collection of stories, essays or fairy tales, though it has elements of all three.
Review: The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein
Trauma Cleaner is part-memoir, part-biography, all character study.
Review: When We Were Ghouls by Amy E. Wallen
The slow, marked, deliberate pace of this memoir is a gift.
Review: I’ll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara
“You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark.”
Review: American Snake Pit: Hope, Grit, and Resilience in the Wake of Willowbrook by Dan Tomasulo
“Dr. Dan”… takes on the monumental job of caring for people with special needs in one of the most infamous mental institutions in the history of America…
Review: Nevertheless, She Persisted: True Stories of Women Leaders in Tech by Pratima Rao Gluckman
Nevertheless, She Persisted: True Stories of Women Leaders in Tech is a collection of stories from women who have persevered in the tech world
Review: Starting with Goodbye by Lisa Romeo
…Lisa Romeo explores her relationship with her doting yet distant father after his death …
Review: My Body, My Words: A Collection of Bodies, edited by Loren Kleinman and Amye Archer
One of the genius aspects of this anthology is the editors’ have clearly selected short pieces by design.
Review: Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello
…it’s clear that Elena Passarello hasn’t written a typical book about animals.
