For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on March 26, 2019. — Maya Rao is a journalist and the author of Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier (PublicAffairs, April 2018). In addition, she is a staff writer at the Minneapolis
Happy first day of 2019, everyone! You know what that means: time for my annual reading tally for the past year. So, as is tradition, here is the breakdown of what I read in 2018, my top 18 books that were
For the full piece, see it on The Millions. Published on September 18, 2018. — I am really excited to have this essay up today on The Millions because I am absolutely obsessed with Sy Montgomery's new memoir. Her book, How to Be a Good Creature: A
Happy new year, devoted blog readers! While 2017 was a total disaster in a lot of ways, it was, at least for me, a great year for books. Here's the breakdown of what I read this past year, my top
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Published on January 16, 2017. — Eula Biss is the author of On Immunity: An Inoculation, which was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by the New York Times Book Review, and
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on August 15, 2016. — Nina MacLaughlin is the author of Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter, a memoir about her transformation from journalist to carpenter. After spending her twenties as a
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on June 13, 2016. — Lily Brooks-Dalton is the author of Motorcycles I’ve Loved: A Memoir(Riverhead Books, 2015), which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. In addition to her memoir, Brooks-Dalton
For the full essay, see it on The Rumpus. Originally published on May 23, 2016. — I used a prayer card from a wake as my bookmark while reading So Sad Today by Melissa Broder. It happened accidentally—I went to a memorial service for someone
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on April 13, 2016. — Meghan Daum has written two popular essay collections, My Misspent Youth (Open City Books, 2001) and The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion (FSG, 2014), which won the 2015
For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on March 16, 2016. — Lia Purpura is a poet, essayist, and translator from Baltimore, Maryland. She is the author of four collections of poems–– King Baby (Alice James Books, 2008), Stone Sky