Twelve forthcoming releases that have our non-fiction loving hearts all aflutter, from works by icons like Toni Morrison to rising stars like Jia Tolentino.
You Can’t Play It Safe: An Interview with Meghan Daum
If there’s something that you know, deep down, to be true, you will feel it in your gut, and that’s what you should write.
Review: On Sunset by Kathryn Harrison
Kathryn Harrison says, with a wink to the reader: “I feel no allegiance to this hypothetical child who complicates what is simple.”
From Solitaire to Solidarity
There are cameras in the cacti, drones in the sky, motion sensors buried in the ground: a Panopticon without limit or form.
Review: Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
As Smarsh unfolds her family's story, she offers sharp commentary on the structures that both shame the poor and perpetuate the cycle of poverty.
Review: Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister
The book’s final line is a warning as much as an entreaty: “Don’t ever let them talk you out of being mad again.”
An Honest Assessment
Injuries accreted. Bones were broken. And yet, I always recovered. Until I did not.
Defining Veteran Identity in the Age of the Forever Wars
Matthew Komatsu traces the changing sense of veteran identity in the United States, from Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Complexity and Ambiguity: An Interview with Chelsea Hodson
In this interview, Chelsea Hodson, author of Tonight I'm Someone Else, speaks about writing from the self and interrogating ideas.
Review: The Condition of Secrecy by Inger Christensen
Inger Christensen’s poetic hypothesis houses the intimacy between an arrangement of the poem and content to curate layered meaning.
Into Another World: An Interview with John McPhee
John McPhee reflects on the panic, procrastination, and prolific output behind his celebrated approach to nonfiction writing.
A Purple State
Pittsburgh is a blue city nestled in the red part of a purple state. A political bruise.