Posts Tagged ‘memoir’
A Palate for the Finer Things
Pondering a father’s thirst for respectability
Read MoreAgainst Solidarity
As a writer, with a writer’s chronic need for detachment, I have avoided the ideology of gender
Read MoreThings Sweet to Taste
Much to my regret, I never truly knew the woman who helped raise me
Read MoreGratitude for a Femme Fatale
An excerpt from Peter Carlson’s memoir-in-progress
Read MoreThe Last Bursts of Memory
As my father’s dementia progressed, the stories of his life became less accurate but more vivid
Read MoreKu Klux Kounty
Plus, tall tales from Claude Monet and Betty MacDonald
Read MoreA Rare Intelligence
A review of a thrilling life
Read MoreAlmost Home
Read an excerpt from Githa Hariharan’s new collection of travel essays
Read MoreThe Spirit of May 35th
A tale of dissidence, exile, astrophysics, and puckish wit
Read MoreMy Newfoundland
The sensations of landing on the island long ago haunted a writer’s final memories
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