The Hurricane Book by Claudia Acevedo-Quiñonesis a hybrid memoir and history of her family and Puerto Rico
REVIEW: The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History by Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones
Category: Articles
WRITING LIFE: I’m a Writer with Mental Illness: How I Work Through, With It by Molly Bilinski
Falling asleep after my mother died was difficult.
CRAFT: Sentiment & Sentimentality by Ellen Bass
Although we want to evoke sensation and make it possible for the reader to feel, we don’t want to fall into sentimentality.
REVIEW: The Sky Was Falling: A Young Surgeon’s Notes on Bravery, Survival, and Hope by Dr. Cornelia Griggs
A surgical resident’s memoir of the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic is an uncompromising account from healthcare’s front lines.
INTERVIEW & REVIEW: Sue William Silverman, Author of Acetylene Torch Songs
There’s a difference between truth and fact. Sure, we can’t just make stuff up, so CNF is rooted in actual experience.
INTERVIEW: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Author of Touching the Art
Family is of course one of the original myth-making machines.
INTERVIEW: Susannah Kennedy, Author of Reading Jane: A Daughter’s Memoir
One of the reasons I’m so drawn to memoir is I learn so much by reading the journeys of others.
INTERVIEW: Suzette Mullen, Author of The Only Way Through is Out
One of the things I’ve learned in this process is the importance of advocating for yourself.
REVIEW: Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways by Brittany Means
The memoir reconstructs the author’s complicated past, ordering a life of contradictions amid the fallibility of memory.
REVIEW: A Petit Mal: A Mother’s Healing Love Song by Ana María Caballero
The prize-winning memoir pushes the boundaries of the creative nonfiction form as a mother examines her child’s seizure disorder.
