Memoir Posts
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
A son struggles to connect with his father in his final days—but movies manage to connect them.
Promotional Materials
An excerpt from Modern Fables: Essays, which Suzette Mayr (Scotiabank-Giller winner of The Sleeping Car Porter) calls "wickedly good, wickedly funny, …
Last-Minute Picks for All the Types on Your List
Great nonfiction for readers of all stripes!
The Slow and Tragic Death of Santa Claus
"Just another night as Mom, the keeper of magical lies." An excerpt from celebrated essay collection Send Me Into the Woods Alone.
The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award Winner Eli Baxter
Eli Baxter is this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award winner for Non-fiction for his memoir Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth (McGill-Queens …
Alone With That Untouched, Perfect Lasagna
An excerpt from Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir.
On the Road—Again and Again and Again
A recommended reading list by the author of the new book Same Ground: Chasing Family Down the California Gold Rush Trail.
Wild Is a Challenging Word
From the new book In the Name of Wild: One Family, Five Years, Ten Countries, and a New Vision of Wildness
The Chat with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
This week on the The Chat, it’s a pleasure to speak to journalist and commentator Elamin Abdelmahmoud, whose debut memoir Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir …
Back to School
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