Startling and Sublime: Beth Ann Fennelly’s Micro-Memoirs

Former poet laureate of Mississippi, Beth Ann Fennelly, maven of the micro-memoir, has done it again with “The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs.”

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Homesickness, Grief, and Appalachia in “Small Town Girls”

A review of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jayne Anne Phillip’s new memoir, “Small Town Girls.”

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Tupac Shakur, By Those Who Knew Him

A review of Jeff Pearlman’s “Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.”

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Contrary and Organized: “Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster”

A review of Gerri Willis’ “Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster,” the story of one of the “Big Five” female spies in the American Civil War.

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Marriage Memoir “Beard” Weds Hope Amid Heartbreak

“Beard: A Memoir of a Marriage” by Kelly Foster Lundquist threads religion, sexuality, identity and acceptance.

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Resilience and Redemption in Austin’s Edgelands

A review of Christopher Brown’s “A Natural History of Empty Lots,” which records Brown’s exploration of the murky lines between “nature” and “civilization.”

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‘Anchor in a Sea of Time’ Exemplifies the Fine Art of Changing One’s Mind

A review of author Stephen Harrigan’s first essay collection since 2013.

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