Memoir

'Crying in H Mart: A Memoir' by Michelle Zauner

'Each dish I cooked exhumed a memory. Every scent and taste brought me back for a moment to an unravaged home.'—Review #228

Mar 17

'Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography' by Zora Neale Hurston

'A wind full of memories blew out of the past and brought a chilling fog.'—Review #225

Feb 4 •

What I Read on My Winter Break

'Down the Drain' by Julia Fox, 'A Coin in Nine Hands' by Marguerite Yourcenar and 'Kappa' by Ryunosuke Akutagawa — Review #223

Jan 7 •

3 from BoG: Random Books I Read This Summer

'The Education of Kendrick Perkins' by Kendrick Perkins with Seth Rogoff, 'Nietzsche in Italy' by Guy de Pourtalès and 'The Castle of Otranto' by Horace…

Aug 27, 2023 •

'Nine Moons' by Gabriela Wiener

'Would I be a good mother only if I renounced what, up until now, I had considered life's pleasures, or would motherhood reveal to me other kinds of…

Sep 25, 2022 •

'Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus,' by Charles Mingus

'But I've been true enough to myself to know a lie—even if I am telling it—an that's the only truth necessary.' —Review #154

Feb 28, 2021 •

'Mean' by Myriam Gurba

'Myriam, think of how boring life would be if nothing bad ever happened.' — Review #138

Aug 9, 2020 •

'The Autobiography of Gucci Mane' by Gucci Mane

'Everyone was scared again. Not just scared of what was going on with me but scared of me.' — Review #108

Jun 23, 2019 •

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