So, what is a memoir, exactly? Here's an exploration into the definition of the genre, its various forms, and examples.
A memoir from a husband about his wife in a psych ward landed in my lap to teach me all the things my partner and I had been discussing just weeks earlier.
Why celebrity memoirs about performed normalcy and quirkiness aren't enough for this reader.
Memoirs from authors from marginalized groups.
On Maggie Nelson's Bluets and The Red Parts, works of genre-busting, unclassifiable non-fiction.
Love medical science? Do you devour reruns of ER and House? If so, you'll love this list. These are the best medical books, both fiction and nonfiction.
Books that celebrate teachers and the teaching profession.
Melissa Febos's new memoir Abandon Me is full of beautiful quotations about love and stories in all their forms. Here are twenty of them.
New books from British authors, all coming out this month!
A reader and daughter on how she feels about being in her father's memoir.