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.
REVIEW: Of Color by Jaswinder Bolina
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
Review: A Silenced Voice: The Life of Journalist Kim Wall by Ingrid & Joachim Wall, Translated by Kathy Saranpa
…a 30-year-old female journalist disappeared beneath the sea, trapped aboard a man-made submarine…
REVIEW: From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran by Jacqueline Saper
Saper tells her intimate story … of how she survived (Iran’s) three eras: the monarchy, the revolution, and the Islamic Republic.
Review: Out of the Crazywoods by Cheryl Savageau
Savageau’s memoir is important for all the ways it approaches the reader’s understanding of Bipolar I Disorder.
REVIEW: In the Cloakroom of Proper Musings by Kristina Moriconi
In her new book, Kristina Moriconi tells the unvarnished truth about motherhood, love, and survival in a poetic, inventive voice.
REVIEW: In the Shadow of the Valley by Bobi Conn
“Home,” Conn writes early on in her book, “Can anyone define that?….”
REVIEW: A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction by Paula Becker
This thoughtful and heart-wrenching narrative should come in a welcome kit for parents of teenagers.
REVIEW: Black Man on the Titanic by Serge Bilé
The casual omission of Black people aboard the ill-fated ocean liner allows this book to offer a new perspective on historical Black figures…
REVIEW: From the Lake House by Kristen Rademacher
At first, Kristen is charmed by Jason’s stories of deer hunting and NASCAR, which she contrasts with her “preppy New England” schooling and love of Broadway
REVIEW: Mercy: A Memoir of Medical Trauma and True Crime Obsession
In stark prose, Trahan cuts to the core of her memories. “My mother had taught me by example to dread medicine,” she writes.
