The 12 essays here are divided into the two parts noted in the title. “Life” is more memoir, with Russo sharing what he did during the COVID-19 pandemic, among many other things.

In her third essay collection, the poet and critic Elisa Gabbert celebrates literature and life through a voracious engagement with the world. By Lily Meyer Lily Meyer is a writer, critic and ...

Dunne moves into a crummy apartment off the Strip, hangs out with the locals and in the course of six months, discovers … ...

THE HEART OF THE WILD: Essays on Nature, Conservation, and the Human Future. Edited by Ben A. Minteer and Jonathan B. Losos. Princeton University Press. 280 pages $26.95. To define the word ...

By Jennifer Brice; Boreal Books/Red Hen Press, 2024; 240 pages; $17.95. It used to be said that “essays don’t sell, nobody wants to read them.” ...

James Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time” is a timeless exploration of race, identity and belonging in America. Through searing prose and profound compassion, Baldwin calls for self-love, mutual ...

Maris Kreizman is a 40-something book critic, columnist for Lit Hub and one-time podcaster. In her debut essay collection “I Want to Burn This Place Down,” she looks back on her life to explain ...

The author of Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South, 1865 to 1913 (1988), Dr. Gaines M. Foster is the Murphy J. Foster Professor of History Emeritus at ...