The nuances of life’s subtle and private forms of fear are masterfully explored in the essay collection.
REVIEW: Under My Bed and Other Essays by Jody Keisner
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
REVIEW: Hysterical by Elissa Bassist
Women’s pain and the silencing of their voices are among the topics explored with both humor and fury in Elissa Bassist’s memoir in essays.
REVIEW: The Green Hour: A Natural History of Home by Alison Townsend
The Green Hour captures the places inhabited by the author, weaving meditative writing about natural beauty with recollections of the mother she lost in childhood.
REVIEW: Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia
The beautifully written memoir deftly expands both our knowledge of the writer and our own humanity.
REVIEW: Writing While Masked: Reflections on 2020 and Beyond
In Writing While Masked: Reflections on 2020 and Beyond a group of writers from Washington document their experiences in essays, prose, and poetry.
REVIEW: Ways of Walking: Essays, edited by Ann deForest
The essay collection offers a brief walk in someone else’s shoes, placing the walker into wider contexts of family, society and landscape.
REVIEW: Slow Dancing With Fire: A Memoir of Resilience by Brahna Yassky
Former Guerrilla Girl Brahna Yassky’s memoir chronicles reclaiming her life and art after a disfiguring burn.
REVIEW: The Community: A Memoir by N. Jamiyla Chisholm
In a style blending poetic prose and journalistic narrative, the memoir recalls trauma caused by growing up in a religious cult and the path to forgiving a mother.
REVIEW: Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature by Zibby Owens
Award-winning podcaster Zibby Owens reflects on the events that shaped her life and the books that supported her on the journey.
REVIEW: Heir to the Crescent Moon by Sufiya Abdur-Rahman
The memoir, winner of the Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction, explores what it means to be a second-generation Black American Muslim.
