Music can be closely tied to our memories, and this can be a boon when we write about our past experiences.
CRAFT: Music and Meaning in Memoir by John Garrison
Category: Issues
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As a student of football and of writing about it, I was first drawn to the simplicity of the title.
REVIEW: Snack by Eurie Dahn
Like Eurie Dahn, many of my memories are wrapped up in food.
REVIEW: The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly
For those of us who aspire to write micro, Fennelly shows us how it’s done ….
REVIEW: Governing Bodies: A Memoir, a Confluence, a Watershed by Sangamithra Iyer
If I were to use one word to describe Governing Bodies, it would be tender.
REVIEW: The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Griffiths’ accounting of her life since marrying fellow author Salman Rushdie in 2021 is Biblical.
REVIEW: This Ain’t Rock ’n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich by Daniel Rachel
The timing of this book is impeccable, as America’s gargantuan fascist elephant keeps tromping his way around the global room….
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Woman House: Essays and Assemblages is, among other things, a book about secrets.
REVIEW: Anywhere Else: Essays on Florida by Rachel Knox
Anywhere Else: Essays on Florida by Rachel Knox is part love letter to the author’s home state and part reckoning.
REVIEW: One Bad Mother by EJ Dickson
One Bad Mother: In Praise of Psycho Housewives, Stage Parents, Momfluencers, and Other Women We Love dives into many tropes.
