Gabrielle Hamilton’s new memoir, “Next of Kin,” lacks the visceral shock and searing vision of her prior work. By Joumana Khatib Joumana Khatib is an editor at the Book Review. When you purchase an ...
Explore Margaret Atwood's memoir, "Book of Lives," tracing her life and art through captivating stories and insightful ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Read With Jenna Book Club is filled with nail-biting mysteries, heartrending novels about love, and feel-good picks. But fans shouldn't ...
“Book of Lives” offers two distinct versions of the esteemed novelist: “Peggy Nature” and “the brooder.” By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an ...
In Gentler Valleys Roaming,” author Julie Verrette writes about the dogs she adopted from Iditarod racers Susan Butcher and ...
Once upon a time, this editor cringed at the thought of reading a memoir. Why would I want to spend time reading about someone else’s life — their failures, their triumphs? Now, I can’t seem to get ...
Yiyun Li’s memoir, “Things in Nature Merely Grow,” stuns with its lucidity and with the nightmarish facts that prompted its writing. As Li explains, “My husband and I had two children and lost them ...
The publication date Patti Smith chose for her latest memoir, Bread of Angels, is not just happenstance: Nov. 4 is the day her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith died (in 1994), and the birthday of her ...
“Paul Kingsnorth tends to think in the most sweeping terms imaginable,” said Alexander Nazaryan in The New York Times. In Against the Machine, his recent best seller, the British novelist, poet, and ...
“There is no good way to say this,” begins Yiyun Li’s new memoir, Things in Nature Merely Grow. It is what the police officers lead with after Li’s elder son, Vincent, takes his life, and it is the ...
“Elizabeth Gilbert has a new memoir out.” The mere sentence radiates gentle inspiration—watercolors, billowy pants with elephants printed on them, sparkly truthtelling in a big straw hat. Gilbert had ...
Exploring the Envelope, Part One Look for small miracales in your life and you start seeing one.” — Capt. Manny Sousa Author, (Ret) US Navy Captain THE VILLAGES, FL, UNITED STATES, December 30, 2025 ...
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