Writing Can Never Be Entirely True
A review of Leslie Jamison’s new book, “Make It Scream, Make It Burn.”
Tag: essays
On Patriarchy, the Divine Feminine, and Loving the Earth
An excerpt from Terry Tempest Williams’ new book, “Erosion.”
The Great Escape
A review of Jess Row’s new essay collection, “White Flights.”
‘The Word Pretty’ Is So Smart, It Hurts
On Elisa Gabbert’s brain-massaging essay collection.
Everything About ‘Nothing Good’ Is Great
On Kristi Coulter’s essay collection, ‘Nothing Good Can Come from This.’
Jenny Boully Wrote a Book By Accident
A conversation with the Chicago author of ‘Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life.’
Rachel Z. Arndt Is Measuring the Universe
A conversation with the Chicago-based author of ‘Beyond Measure.’
Finally, a Knausgaard Book You Can Read on the Bus
Like last year’s Autumn, Winter — the second book in Karl Ove Knausgaard’s seasonal and autobiographical quartet — is a series ofContinue Reading
Jonathan Lethem on Writers, Disney Movies, and Cat Videos
The ineffable and prolific Jonathan Lethem has struck again, this time with his delightfully engaging second collection of essays More Alive and Less Lonely: On Books and Writers.
‘Ongoingness’ Teaches How to Live More by Writing Less
Diaries, Manguso suggests, invade our memories as much as pictures. So why keep one? Ongoingness reflects on that question.
