A beautiful exploration of intersections that exist between the things we understand and the things we never will.
REVIEW: At the Corner of Past and Future: A Collection of Life Stories by Pamela Carter Joern
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
REVIEW: The River’s Daughter by Bridget Crocker
When Bridget discovers rafting, it stirs something deep within her.
REVIEW: Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl by Anna Rollins
Famished offers a fresh perspective for unpacking the ways that society influences and sublimates the appetites of women.
REVIEW: Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries by Jeremy B. Jones
Cipher is a book like no other — part history, part-mystery, part-memoir….
REVIEW: Nightbird: A Memoir by Shavaun Scott
Nightbird addresses themes of unresolved childhood trauma, domestic violence, religious indoctrination, and mental illness,
REVIEW: Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats by Courtney Gustafson by Courtney Gustafson
Through the cats and her own story, Gustafson illustrates how the system fails animals and us.
REVIEW: Camouflage: How I Emerged from the Shadows of a Military Marriage by Heather Sweeney
Camouflage by Heather Sweeney is an eye-opening primer on the complexities of military life and the indignities of military divorce….
REVIEW: The Sound Atlas: A Guide to Strange Sounds Across Landscapes and Imagination by Michaela Viser and Isaac Yuen
The Sound Atlas takes the reader on a sonic odyssey that explores the aural terra incognita of our planet and beyond.
INTERVIEW: Jennifer Case, Author of We Are Animals: On the Nature and Politics of Motherhood
The book as a whole offered a space for me to untangle what it means to have control or choice….
REVIEW: If You Say So by Michelle Herman
If You Say So offers an insightful reflection on aging, grief, and finding unexpected community later in life.
