REVIEW: Plain: A Memoir of Mennonite Girlhood by Mary Alice Hostetter January 17, 2023 The memoir of growing up gay in a conservative religious community is a story of quiet rebellion. Read the full story →
REVIEW: The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water by Chris Dombrowski January 17, 2023 The memoir is a moving meditation on the nature of man and land juxtaposed with the challenges of family and parenting. 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: The Year Of The Horses: A Memoir by Courtney Maum December 19, 2022 The memoir explores the author’s journey out of depression and the wider issue of women looking for something to carry them forward in uncertain times. Read the full story →
REVIEW: When They Tell You to Be Good by Prince Shakur December 19, 2022 Shakur’s memoir is a meditation on multiple identities and their place in the larger American society, Read the full story →
REVIEW: The Loneliest Places: Loss, Grief, and the Long Journey Home by Rachel Dickinson December 15, 2022 A meditative style and use of metaphor elevates the memoir to a study of what nature can teach us about ourselves and our relationships. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery by Linda Murphy Marshall November 13, 2022 A childhood home and the hidden meaning of family language are translated into insights about the memoirist’s past. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Walking Him Home: Helping My Husband Die With Dignity by Joanne Tubbs Kelly September 7, 2022 This is a memoir of helping a husband die with dignity also gives testimony to their relationship and to loving release. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia August 10, 2022 The beautifully written memoir deftly expands both our knowledge of the writer and our own humanity. Read the full story →
REVIEW: Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family by Madhushree Ghosh April 7, 2022 The memoir deftly braids memories of food and a Bengali upbringing with reflections of how cuisine has informed the writer’s sense of identity… Read the full story →