memoir

Javier Zamora’s memoir chronicles the harrowing solo journey he made from El Salvador to the US at age nine.

In Alejandra Oliva’s new memoir, she describes how her body becomes an archive of migrants’ stories.

Sikh educator and activist Simran Jeet Singh says no. I’m not so sure.

Suzanne Robertson didn’t meet “life” on death row. She met a man named Cecil who loved cheesecake.

In either case, Elizabeth McCracken’s account of losing a mother is wrenching and tender. 

Taylor Brorby’s coming-of-age memoir is a work of defiance. But it is not a tragedy.

Shannon Kearns knows and is known by scripture deeply; he knows scripture better because he is trans.

The renowned journalist explores how the authoritarianism and corruption she has been fighting for 35 years are now aided and abetted by the internet.

Her elegant memoir is packed with information on the animals and landscapes she observes—and the threats to their future.

Sofia Samatar’s memoir takes readers through a landscape of prismatic identities and wandering passions.

Musician Nick Cave talks to journalist Seán O’Hagan about his son’s death and the pull of love.

Her powerful debut resonates deeply with my lifelong labor to honor my name and my voice.

Elizabeth Weinberg’s call to climate action highlights the interconnection of all things.

Tom Fate’s essays present an ethically complicated journey of discovery.

Charles Marsh writes beautifully about the anxiety instilled by his childhood faith—and the therapy it took to overcome it.

The prolific biblical scholar offers an engaging account of his career—and of the spiritual journey that helped shape it.

The Indigenous writer’s new memoir understands memory as counsel and ritual as the potency of love.

When Frank Bruni suffered permanent vision damage, he embarked on a philosophical quest.

Baltimore—from Frederick Douglass to Freddie Gray—informs his whole journey.

How a year overseas unraveled and remade Sarah Hinlicky Wilson’s identity