Category: Reviews

An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.

I felt a deep kinship with Babine as I read

Walker’s book makes an argument for wonder because it can actually help survivors of many life circumstances.

[Amanda] has just been introduced to the term limerence — an intense infatuation, an obsessiveness, or an unfulfilled longing…

I’ve been in group therapy, officially, twice in my life. I count reading No Contact as an unofficial third round.

Stalvey’s gorgeous illustrations, playful sense of humor, and clear-eyed criticisms of purity culture …. make this book a worthwhile read.

…it has been a while since a book of essays astounded me on every level…

Winter is a beautifully meandering journey through childhood, local history, and a writer’s life.

I thought I knew a lot about racism. Then I read The Mixed Marriage Project.

..a beautiful combination of elegy and manifesto.

… a book that you can read through, like a more typical memoir, and also cook your way through.

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