Memoir Short Takes: Stories from Paris, Iowa, El Paso, and Tehran
by Julie Kane I had another one of those months filled with great reads; I’m sorry to disappoint anyone looking for a scathing indictment of horrific writing. There are some amazing finds here: Joe...
View ArticleOther People’s Stories | Memoir
Memoirs are a curious genre. Firmly planted in the realm of nonfiction, they still relate the story the author wants to tell. Choosing to omit certain details is free game for memoirists; they are...
View ArticleVoices of Iran | LJ Reviews, March 15, 2016
Ebadi, Shirin. Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran. Random. Mar. 2016. 304p. ISBN 9780812998870. $27; ebk. ISBN 9780812998887. POL SCI In 2003, Ebadi, a lawyer and cofounder of the...
View ArticleWhat We Talk About When We Talk About… | Memoir
Why do we read memoir? What’s the irresistible pull of this particular form? Is it because we want to know how someone lives through the unimaginable? Or because we want to become better people,...
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