INTERVIEW: J. Michael Lennon, author of Mailer’s Last Days: New and Selected Remembrances of a Life in Literature November 13, 2022 J. Michael Lennon’s literary identity has been intertwined with that of legendary writer Norman Mailer for more than a half century. Read the full story →
REVIEW: What Happened to Paula: On The Death of An American Girl by Katherine Dykstra October 8, 2021 Through the story of one girl’s murder, the writer examines evolving attitudes about the roles women are forced to assume in American society. Read the full story →
Welcoming a New Essays Editor & Reviews Editor to Our Team May 19, 2021 They’ve been in their roles quietly for a bit, but it’s time to make some noise about these two fantastic folks. Read the full story →
Review: The Memory Sessions by Suzanne Farrell Smith March 9, 2020 How does the writer fashion a memoir in the absence of life experiences recalled? Read the full story →
Review: The Red Ribbon: A Memoir of Lightning and Rebuilding After Loss by Nancy Freund Bills September 16, 2019 The memoir’s inciting incident is the death of her estranged husband who is struck by lightning while boating. Read the full story →
Review: The Salt Lake Papers: From the Years in the Earthscapes of Utah by Edward Lueders March 4, 2019 Lueders… has written a book that reflects both his love of the earth and love of language. Read the full story →
Review: When History Is Personal by Mimi Schwartz September 3, 2018 Among Schwartz’s most thought-provoking pieces is “In The Land of Double Narrative.” Read the full story →
INTERVIEW: J. Michael Lennon, editor of Norman Mailer: The Sixties May 1, 2018 Any writer of nonfiction or memoir owes a debt to Mailer, who pioneered techniques that came to define nonfiction, memoir and the New Journalism. Read the full story →
Review: Maps Are Lines We Draw: A Road Trip through Haiti by Allison Coffelt March 1, 2018 Coffelt’s slim, 137-page volume tells the story of her trip to Haiti – a journey ten years in the making. Read the full story →
Review: The Art of Creative Research by Philip Gerard September 1, 2017 [Gerard] quotes nonfiction writer and journalist Bronwen Dickey who warns that writers must maintain a sense of skepticism when researching. Read the full story →