“Son of a bird” was what Andrews’s Black nanny called her when she’d been naughty.
REVIEW: Son of a Bird by Nin Andrews
Category: Articles
REVIEW: It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays by Tom McAllister
McAllister pulls off something wonderful, connecting ordinary life moments to the larger political and cultural perspectives of the time….
REVIEW: Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Freidan, Mailer by David Denby
Fairly presenting the event-laden, controversy-crammed lives of this talented quartet…is a task that would intimidate…any sensible biographer.
From the Archives: A Mother’s Day Round-Up — Creative Nonfiction About Moms by D. Nicholas Penglase
Five creative nonfiction pieces which explore the diverse range of relationships and experiences we have with our mothers.
CRAFT: Now What? How Patience & Building Relationships Can Pay Off for CNF Writers by Angel R. Ackerman
Writing is as much about waiting as it is about words.
INTERVIEW: Lidia Yuknavitch, Author of Reading the Waves
Organized in 15 nonlinear, braided essays, Reading the Waves by Lidia Yukanatich is about holding on and letting go. Mostly letting go.
INTERVIEW: Joanna Rubin Dranger, Author of Remember Us to Life: A Graphic Memoir
Joanna Rubin Dranger’s graphic memoir … is a sobering, stunning chronicle of her Jewish family past and present.
INTERVIEW: Amy Fish, Author of One In Six Million
We talk to Amy Fish about her researched nonfiction book, One in Six Million: The Baby by the Roadside and the Man Who Retraced a Holocaust.
REVIEW: Forest Walk on a Friday by Lynne Golodner
For Lynne Golodner, the dual searches for home and voice are closely related.
REVIEW: Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image edited by Dinah Lenney
Editor Dinah Lenney presents 36 provocative, genre-fluid micro essays by a diverse and powerful cast of writers.
