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 →
REVIEW: The Fact of Memory: 114 Ruminations and Fabrications by Aaron Angello October 10, 2022 Each of the words in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29 becomes a prompt for the entries in this collection of short prose pieces. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Under My Bed and Other Essays by Jody Keisner September 7, 2022 The nuances of life’s subtle and private forms of fear are masterfully explored in the essay collection. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Writing While Masked: Reflections on 2020 and Beyond August 10, 2022 In Writing While Masked: Reflections on 2020 and Beyond a group of writers from Washington document their experiences in essays, prose, and poetry. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Ways of Walking: Essays, edited by Ann deForest August 10, 2022 The essay collection offers a brief walk in someone else’s shoes, placing the walker into wider contexts of family, society and landscape. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Quagmire: Personal Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan edited by Donald Anderson June 6, 2022 The collection offers multiple perspectives of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, told in short essays by soldiers, sisters, scholars, lovers and more. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Dreadful Sorry: Essays on an American Nostalgia by Jennifer Niesslein May 9, 2022 Americans’ affinity for nostalgia becomes a personal exploration of family, race and memories in this thoughtful essay collection. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Big Reader: Essays by Susan Olding April 7, 2022 A life-long love of books and her personal connections to specific works are explored by a master essayist. Read the full story →
REVIEW: A Harp in the Stars: An Anthology of Lyric Essays edited by Randon Billings Noble January 11, 2022 The anthology showcases different forms of the lyric essay, offering insights to inspire readers and motivate writers. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Telephone: essays in two voices by Brenda Miller and Julie Marie Wade November 8, 2021 The collection reads like life itself with the simple unpredictable connection of every moment. Read the full story →