When a friend sends Pocorobba a magazine ad for free lessons on a traditional Japanese instrument called the shamisen, Pocorobba signs up.
Review: The Fourth String by Janet Pocorobba
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
Review: Woman at the Devil’s Door: The Untold True Story of the Hampstead Murderess by Sarah Beth Hopton
According to the Radford Serial Killer Database, serial killers are ten times more likely to be male than female…
Review: I Don’t Belong Here by Melissa Grunow
Melissa Grunow’s book, I Don’t Belong Here collects previously published essays that document various events in the author’s life…
Review: Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption (American Indian Lives) by Susan Devan Harness
Susan Harness’ Bitterroot is a poignant personal journey of coming to terms with identity and history.
Review: First Comes Marriage by Huda Al-Marashi
Huda meets Hadi, the boy she will ultimately marry, at six years old.
Review: Island In the City: A Memoir by Micah McCrary
Drawing … parallels between Illinois… and Prague makes for an interesting journey for a young African-American queer male growing up in the late 80’s/early 90’s…
Review: All the Wild Hungers by Karen Babine — Six Things This Book Is About and What Happened When I Read It
Karen collects and names her cookware. She has a thing for cast iron skillets …
Review: A Certain Loneliness by Sandra Gail Lambert
A Certain Loneliness is a memoir that circles queerness, disability, independence, and the human struggle to connect.
Review: The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet: A Memoir by Kim Adrian
Adrian writes her memoir as a glossary, starting with A and sharing her story though short vignettes….
Review: Us Girls by Rachael J. Hughes
When Hughes is 17 and still hasn’t gotten her period, she goes to a doctor who tells her she doesn’t have a uterus…
