An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
At 15, Judith A. Fisher began stealing her mother’s painkillers. One night, feeling particularly unloved by her parents, she leaves a note and swallows the pills, waking up later in the hospital
…The Lost Landscape has taught me that even literary titans are human beings underneath the hype, and they themselves can get lost when venturing into an unfamiliar genre.
Janet Sternburg’s White Matter (Hawthorne Books and Literary Arts, 2014) is a memoir of a family torn apart and brought together when two of its six children were given lobotomies.
Putnam’s memoir is an extended account of her parents’ and uncle’s final years together after her father suffers a debilitating stroke.
Write Choices: Elements of Nonfiction Storytelling by Sue Hertz is, as the title suggests, focused on nonfiction storytelling and is perfect for writers who are new to the genre.
Ladies of the Canyons follows the real lives of Victorian women who left the comfort of their homes and ventured into the American Southwest at a time when it was viewed as “exotic…
Even though I now have every book ever published at my fingertips, there’s something missing when I read on a screen.
Caimi suffered from awful stomachaches from as far back as she could remember, and she believed her adolescent anxiety caused them to intensify. But the occasional pain didn’t stop her from overeating.
“Our intent is to create a family cabin—a retreat to remain in the family for generations.” And that is precisely what Spike Carlsen and his wife, Kat, have done, along with their five children.
Tim Kenny has a tendency to end up in faraway places, particularly those on the edge of political or social change.
