Refugee, poet, father
Kao Kalia Yang’s memoir of her family’s flight from Laos is devastating and lyrical.
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The hero of Trevor Noah’s story
If you think the Daily Show host is funny, you should meet his mother.
Macy Halford’s two worlds
A New Yorker staffer investigates the evangelical book that will not let her go.
Pathologically moral
In her memoir, comedian Maggie Rowe lays bare a struggle with excessive guilt that rivals Martin Luther’s.
When theology fails
After Ruth Everhart was raped, she had to rebuild her beliefs about God’s will.
Inventing a voice for Louis Till
John Edgar Wideman counters the official record of Emmett Till’s father with a more empathetic version.
A do-gooder’s tale
D. L. Mayfield wanted to help Somali refugees. She ended up mostly baking them cupcakes.
Do women have to trade intimacy for trust in ways that men do not? If we do, should we stop? Are we playing into stereotypes? Are we inviting people to take us less seriously?
István to Steven to Stefánie
Susan Faludi’s memoir reveals the deep complexity of her father’s many identities.
Answers without questions
Reading Steve and Sharol Hayner's cancer story, I found myself taking on the role of Job's adversary.