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: The Green Hour: A Natural History of Home by Alison Townsend
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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: 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.
REVIEW: Slow Fuse of the Possible: A Memoir of Poetry and Psychoanalysis by Kate Daniels
Stream-of-consciousness, vivid imagery and poetic mechanics yields a memoir vividly capturing the author’s experience in psychoanalysis.
REVIEW: Thin Places: A Natural History of Healing and Home by Kerri ní Dochartaigh
The memoir of growing up amid Ireland’s strife weaves together politics, the natural world and the author’s story.
REVIEW: An Encyclopedia of Bending Time by Kristin Keane
Writer Kristin Keane daringly bends the boundaries of form and craft in a book exploring the loss of her mother.
REVIEW: Knocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir by Aileen Weintraub
A high-risk pregnancy inspires suspense and laughter in a memoir chronicling a farmhouse rehab, marital challenges and 38 weeks of bed rest.
