A review of Ariel Gore’s memoir, “Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer.”
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“Alligator Tears” Traces a Zig‑Zag Escape from Poverty
A review of the memoir “Alligator Tears” by Edgar Gomez.
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“Fragments” Is Filled with Want, Traverses through Heartbreak
Tsang has wonderful use of language and metaphor, melding together honest trains of thought and poetic emotion reminiscent of Ocean Vuong.
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Fluidity in History: Tara Roberts’ “Written in the Waters”
Reading Written in the Waters by Tara Roberts was a profound emotional journey into the heaviness of the past and how history moves fluidly into the beauty and problems of the present.
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Mary Tyler Moore as Medium, Memoir
Clever and charming, “The Mary Years” offers stories of Julie Marie Wade’s challenges and triumphs juxtaposed with observations about lessons learned from Moore.
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Books are Everything in “This Book is Free and Yours to Keep”
A review of “This Book is Free and Yours to Keep: Notes from the Appalachian Prison Book Project,” edited by Connie Banta, Kristin Devault-Juelfs, Destinee Harper, Katy Ryan, and Ellen Skirvin.
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Resistance and Resilience in the Face of Abuse and Colonization in Memoir ‘Women Surrounded by Water’
Author Patricia Coral’s memoir recounts the complexity of navigating oppressive systems through the lens of growing up on Puerto Rico.
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“Docile” Explores Mother-Daughter Relationship & More
Docile, a memoir by Hyeseung Song, perfectly encapsulates the generational trauma of the immigrant experience.
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“No One Gets to Fall Apart” Is an Unflinching Look at Mental Illness, Trauma, and Belonging
This review of Sarah LaBrie’s debut memoir, “No One Gets to Fall Apart,” explores the themes of generational trauma and belonging that shape the book.
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Rerelease of Scott McClanahan’s ‘Crapalachia’ Reopens Connection with Place
A review of Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place.
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