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“One Writer’s Beginnings” Forges Connections Across Time and Place

By: Jonathan Haupt February 8, 2021July 12, 2021

ReviewsEudora Welty, Nonfiction, One Writer's Beginnings1 Comment

The new edition of Eudora Welty’s instructive memoir “One Writer’s Beginnings” features an introduction by Natasha Trethewey.

A Correlation Between Artistry and Solitude

By: Matthew Duffus January 27, 2021July 12, 2021

ReviewsAt the Center of All Beauty, Fenton Johnson, NonfictionLeave a Comment

Fenton Johnson’s “At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life” examines artists from Thoreau to Rabindranath Tagore to Nina Simone to study the relationship between solitude and artistry.

A Tapestry of Connectivity in “I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird”

By: Jonathan Haupt January 21, 2021July 12, 2021

ReviewsI Have Been Assigned the Single Bird, Memoir, Nonfiction, Susan CeruleanLeave a Comment

Susan Cerulean’s recent memoir “I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird” chronicles both her end-of-life care for her octogenarian father and her stewardship of seabirds on an isolated Florida island.

“Dog Flowers”: Excavation and Tribute

By: Nikki Leahy January 19, 2021July 12, 2021

ReviewsDanielle Geller, Dog Flowers, Memoir, Nonfiction2 Comments

Danielle Geller’s new memoir “Dog Flowers” is a complex story of family, and addiction.

Julia Nitz on “Belles and Poets”: “Literary Allusion is Cultural Currency”

By: Amy R. Martin January 13, 2021July 12, 2021

InterviewsBelles and Poets, Julia Nitz, Nonfiction2 Comments

An interview with Julia Nitz on her new book “Belles and Poets: Intertextuality in the Civil War Diaries of White Southern Women.”

Environmental Injustice in Rural America

By: Claire O'Brien December 23, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsCatherine Coleman Flowers, Nonfiction, WasteLeave a Comment

Environmentalist Catherine Coleman Flowers’ recent book “Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret” addresses waste as an issue of racial and environmental justice.

Evocative Joy in “World of Wonders”

By: Allison Manley December 17, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsAimee Nezhukumatathil, Nonfiction, World of WondersLeave a Comment

Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s collection of essays “World of Wonders” is a study of the curiosities in the natural world and lso a gorgeous memoir.

Heart and Logic in “Soul Full of Coal Dust”

By: Jessi Rae Morton November 27, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsChris Hamby, Nonfiction, Soul Full of Coal Dust2 Comments

“Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia” by Chris Hamby is a beautifully crafted deep dive into the horrific realities of black lung disease.