memoir
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November was a non-fiction heavy reading month, as 9 of 13 books I read fell into the nonfiction category, while two more (Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963), marvelously read by the actress Maggie Gyllenhaal; and Percival Everett’s The Book of Training (2019)) were based heavily in fact. It was my second reading of The
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I started out the month of September in Florence, Italy, where I continued to prioritize reading some amazing works in translation. Back in the U.S., I finished up the longest book I’ve read this year (maybe ever?), David Blight’s Pulitzer Prize winning, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. At a whopping 912 pages, the book is
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Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to attend a lecture given by Alex Marzano Lesnovich, a brilliant author of creative nonfiction, who discussed the importance of an archive of one’s life. I am neither a faithful blogger nor journaler. I am, however, a faithful reader. So often I find looking back on what I
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I had the pleasure of attending the 2023 Yale Writers’ Workshop in New Haven, where I learned from some of the best in the writing business. Check out these titles, the latest from Yale Workshop instructors, at your favorite indie bookstore, or click here to purchase from my Bookshop storefront.
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