REVIEW: Held Together by Rebecca N. Thompson June 10, 2025 Rebecca N. Thompson presents a broad spectrum of experiences and a diverse group of women from different backgrounds and nontraditional families. Read the full story →
REVIEW: It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays by Tom McAllister May 6, 2025 McAllister pulls off something wonderful, connecting ordinary life moments to the larger political and cultural perspectives of the time…. Read the full story →
REVIEW: I Sing to Use the Waiting by Zachary Pace June 12, 2024 I found an immediate connection with Zachary Pace…. Even though we have vastly different experiences, we both have experienced being an outcast and floundering… Read the full story →
REVIEW: The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History by Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones March 8, 2024 The Hurricane Book by Claudia Acevedo-Quiñonesis a hybrid memoir and history of her family and Puerto Rico Read the full story →
REVIEW: Cacophony of Bone: The Circle of a Year by Kerri ní Dochartaigh January 8, 2024 The memoir offers a fragmented, lyrical exploration of the natural world, the idea of home, motherhood, and surviving the unknown. Read the full story →
REVIEW: The Sound of Undoing: A Memoir in Essays by Paige Towers August 10, 2023 Sound – how it can hurt, heal and evoke memory – is the unifying element in this researched memoir in essays. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Growth: A Mother, Her Son, and the Brain Tumor They Survived by Karen DeBonis May 16, 2023 The memoir chronicles a mother’s transformational change as she advocates for her child through chronic illness. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Conversations with Birds by Priyanka Kumar March 20, 2023 The book offers a reflection on the natural world and examines the experience of birding on the author’s life and identity. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Let Me Count the Ways: A Memoir by Tomás Q. Morín January 17, 2023 The memoir offers a beautifully written account of family love and survival amid the challenges of addiction. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Curing Season: Artifacts by Kristine Langley Mahler October 10, 2022 The experimental memoir combines research, reflections on belonging, and a variety of essay forms in the author’s exploration of her past. Read the full story →