REVIEW: incurable optimist: living with illness and chronic hope by Jennifer Cramer-Miller November 8, 2023 The memoir chronicles the author’s decades-long journey battling a life-threatening autoimmune disorder. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Love in the Archives: A Patchwork of True Stories About Suicide Loss by Eileen Vorbach Collins November 8, 2023 The memoir in essays is a heartbreaking chronicle of a teenage daughter’s death by suicide. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Disequilibria: Meditations on Missingness by Robert Lunday October 8, 2023 A deeply researched essay collection examines the complexity of loss and closure. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Touched Out by Amanda Montei October 8, 2023 A hybrid of memoir, cultural criticism and theory explores themes of motherhood, misogyny, consent, and control. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist by Marlena Williams October 8, 2023 The author explores her relationship with her mother while examining the mother/daughter bond in the classic horror film. Read the full story →
REVIEW & INTERVIEW: The Loneliness Files by Athena Dixon October 8, 2023 We review The Loneliness Files and then speak with author Athena Dixon in this double feature. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Places We Left Behind: a memoir in miniature by Jennifer Lang September 10, 2023 A memoir-in-miniature explores storytelling outside of traditional forms. Read the full story →
REVIEW: The Male Gazed by Manuel Betancourt September 10, 2023 The memoir in essays examines how media and celebrities impact perceptions of same-sex desires and identity. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Junk Shop Window: Essays on Myth, Life, and Literature by James J. Patterson September 10, 2023 An essay collection marked by lyrical language, honesty, and humor, invites readers to remain open to experience. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Everything is Perfect: A Memoir by Kate Nason August 10, 2023 A woman’s personal hell with a philandering husband intersects with a national scandal playing out in the media in this memoir. Read the full story →