On its surface, this is a memoir about the time Caldwell spent “trying” for a baby, but as with all the best memoirs, it’s so much more than that.
REVIEW: Trying: A Memoir by Chloe Caldwell
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REVIEW: Ghosts of Distant Trees by Erica Watson
There are books that understand something fundamental about place, not just as backdrop…but as a living force that shapes us.
REVIEW: Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag by Michael Anthony and Chai Simone
I cracked open Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag without preconceived notions of what a graphic memoir could or should be
REVIEW: Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy by Tre Johnson
..Tre writes about… about the ways his families and communities have created joy despite everything in America that works to tamp that joy down.”
CRAFT: The Scientific (Memoir) Method by Sarah Boon
Science memoir is an important sub-genre of memoir, and has a lot to offer readers.
CRAFT: Writing with Pictures by E.H. Jacobs
As a writer, I fancy myself a wordsmith, but visual and spatial abilities are areas in which I have never been skilled.
WRITING LIFE: 5 Things 20 Years of Yoga Taught Me About Writing (and Life) by Talia Vestri
The consistency of practicing yoga — and writing — lets big and small shifts arrive unannounced.
WRITING LIFE: Writing through Trauma to Live as a Working Writer by Moriah Hampton
Sometimes, when I try to relax, traumatic memories resurface, but I have found that …. writing helps me work through the experience…
INTERVIEW: Ignacio M Sanchez Prado, Author of Object Lessons: Taco
A deeply researched guidebook for readers who want to better appreciate this nearly ubiquitous and widely misunderstood food.
INTERVIEW: Shigeko Ito, Author of The Pond Beyond the Forest
In her debut memoir, Shigeko Ito delves into her Japanese upbringing, marked by obedience and self-sacrifice
