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When a Woman Turns into a Wife
Jenessa Abrams reviews Sarah Manguso’s “Liars” in the wake of Andrea Skinner’s revelation about her sexual abuse and her mother Alice Munro’s silence.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
The “Empty” Is Always Already Inhabited
Elvia Wilk interviews Jennifer Kabat about her new book, “The Eighth Moon: A Memoir of Belonging and Rebellion.”
Flying Right up to the Sun
Katya Apekina interviews Priyanka Mattoo about her memoir “Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones.”
Chronicles of Liminality
Tristan Marshall, a graduate of the foster care system, considers Rob Henderson’s “Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class.”
Over Time, the Spirit Moves
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore interviews Stacey D’Erasmo about “The Long Run: A Creative Inquiry.”
Mirror Images: Disabled Writers on Frida Kahlo
Jess Libow explores how disabled writers have taken up Frida Kahlo’s image and legacy.
Lyrical Silicone
Cristóbal Riego explores the hybrid nonfiction writings of Chilean author Pedro Lemebel.
It Hurts To See Them Go
Kate Sadoff reviews Jonathan Vigliotti’s “Before It’s Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America.”
The Energy to Imagine Him: On Salman Rushdie’s “Knife”
Shehryar Fazli reviews Salman Rushdie’s “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.”
How to Read Provincially: On Sumana Roy’s “Provincials”
Sameer Pandya reviews Sumana Roy’s “Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries.”
Cupcakes and Crotch Kicks: On Alex Belth’s “What Makes Sammy Jr. Run?”
Tom Zoellner considers the eternal game of cat and mouse between celebrities and journalists in Alex Belth’s “What Makes Sammy Jr. Run? Classic...
Transcendent Luminescence, Ravaging Flames: On Alexander Kriss’s “Borderline”
Mala Chatterjee reads Alexander Kriss’s “Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder” in the context of her own borderline diagnosis.
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