Essays exploring life’s losses, transformations and the challenges of being a memoirist comprise a graceful and lyrical collection.
REVIEW: Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss by Gayle Brandeis
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
REVIEW: The Preventorium: A Memoir by Susan Annah Currie
A long-forgotten American health crisis caused by tuberculosis is examined in a memoir of a childhood forever changed by the disease.
REVIEW: Sacred Sendoffs: An Animal Chaplain’s Advice… by Sarah A. Bowen
An animal chaplain examines our relationship with many creatures – from those who provide us with food to those who become our pets.
REVIEW: Let Me Count the Ways: A Memoir by Tomás Q. Morín
The memoir offers a beautifully written account of family love and survival amid the challenges of addiction.
REVIEW: Craft and Conscience: How To Write About Social Issues by Kavita Das
Writing about sociopolitical issues is a craft issue examined in a timely book for writers of all experience levels.
REVIEW: The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water by Chris Dombrowski
The memoir is a moving meditation on the nature of man and land juxtaposed with the challenges of family and parenting.
REVIEW: Plain: A Memoir of Mennonite Girlhood by Mary Alice Hostetter
The memoir of growing up gay in a conservative religious community is a story of quiet rebellion.
REVIEW: The Year Of The Horses: A Memoir by Courtney Maum
The memoir explores the author’s journey out of depression and the wider issue of women looking for something to carry them forward in uncertain times.
REVIEW: Halfway From Home: Essays by Sarah Fawn Montgomery
An artful variation of essay forms and poetic language mark this artfully written collection.
REVIEW: When They Tell You to Be Good by Prince Shakur
Shakur’s memoir is a meditation on multiple identities and their place in the larger American society,
