Kushner is a journalist, and as such his writing style is blunt and visceral. He doesn’t shy away from immersing his readers in the experience…
Review: David Kushner, Alligator Candy
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
Review: Bookbinder’s Daughter: A Life Lost and Found by Judith A. Fisher
At 15, Judith A. Fisher began stealing her mother’s painkillers. One night, feeling particularly unloved by her parents, she leaves a note and swallows the pills, waking up later in the hospital
Review: Joyce Carol Oates, The Lost Landscape: A Writer’s Coming of Age
…The Lost Landscape has taught me that even literary titans are human beings underneath the hype, and they themselves can get lost when venturing into an unfamiliar genre.
Review: White Matter: A Memoir of Family and Medicine by Janet Sternburg
Janet Sternburg’s White Matter (Hawthorne Books and Literary Arts, 2014) is a memoir of a family torn apart and brought together when two of its six children were given lobotomies.
Review: Full Moon at Noontide: A Daughter’s Last Goodbye by Ann Putnam
Putnam’s memoir is an extended account of her parents’ and uncle’s final years together after her father suffers a debilitating stroke.
Review — Write Choices: Elements in Nonfiction Storytelling by Sue Hertz
Write Choices: Elements of Nonfiction Storytelling by Sue Hertz is, as the title suggests, focused on nonfiction storytelling and is perfect for writers who are new to the genre.
Review: Ladies of the Canyons by Lesley Poling-Kempes
Ladies of the Canyons follows the real lives of Victorian women who left the comfort of their homes and ventured into the American Southwest at a time when it was viewed as “exotic…
Review: Changing the Subject: Art and Attention in the Internet Age by Sven Birkerts
Even though I now have every book ever published at my fingertips, there’s something missing when I read on a screen.
Review: Mush: from sled dogs to celiac, the scenic detour of my life by Tara Caimi
Caimi suffered from awful stomachaches from as far back as she could remember, and she believed her adolescent anxiety caused them to intensify. But the occasional pain didn’t stop her from overeating.
Review: Cabin Lessons: A Nail-by-Nail Tale, Building Our Dream Cottage from 2x4s, Blisters, and Love by Spike Carlsen
“Our intent is to create a family cabin—a retreat to remain in the family for generations.” And that is precisely what Spike Carlsen and his wife, Kat, have done, along with their five children.
