Expect the unexpected
Daniel Mendelsohn has written a brave and accessible memoir about journeys and relationships.
All posts tagged: Memoir
When a butterfly flaps its wings
In Richard Flanagan’s superb memoir “Experience is but a moment. Making sense of that moment is a life.”
Where history, science, and civilization meet
Alice Feiring’s self-described love letter to wine and a lifelong coming of age story.
Looking away from a very old threat
Jamie Raskin’s searing memoir of enduring the pain of trauma to seek the truth.
The hard, but necessary work of living together with others
Powerful, poetic language to remind us that America is, at its heart, a soul-making enterprise.
Change begins with a question
Lindy Elkins-Tanton’s beautifully crafted book moves beyond memoir to suggest how to approach life.
Traveling through the ages of life
A trim, stark memoir by Nobel Laureat Annie Ernaux that examines time, aging, class, and memory.
Family, myth, and identity
A young Native American writer’s powerful push against the feeling of extinction happening in real time.
The best journeys are the long ones
My interview with author Janet Hulstrand on her delightful new memoir exploring the writing life.
The books I read in November 2022
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from November 2022.
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