Mitch Ploskonka traces the rise of Grit Lit, a genre of contemporary literature that grapples “with the sociohistorical baggage of poor white representation.”
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Voting Rights and Community Care in “Ballot”
A conversation with Anjali Enjeti on her recent book, “Ballot,” part of Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series.
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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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Penance and Control in “Famished”
A review of Anna Rollins’ memoir, “Famished.”
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Icarus’ Daughter: Reckoning with a Father’s Notorious Past
A review of Artis Henderson’s second nonfiction book, “No Ordinary Bird.”
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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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