7 Hybrid Memoirs That Merge Art and Family
These books consider the web of inspiration and creativity that refracts in writers from artistic homes
“Wild Food” from THE GOOD EYE by Jess Gibson, recommended by Molly McGhee
M Lin’s debut story collection “The Memory Museum” examines women forging identities that transcend the U.S.-Chinese binary
These stories attend to the realities of labor and trace the intersections of gender, economics, and migration
Debut novelist Avigayl Sharp discusses Nabokov, sincerity, and writing trauma without revealing it in “Offseason”
Expansion doesn’t have to be sure or aware of itself
For these authors, reality TV is a genre full of rich texts that reflect our contemporary social and economic structure
Two poems by Nat Mesnard
“The Future” author Monica Ferrell on motherhood, mortality, and how writing carries part of us into the future
These family portraits are full of chaos and sometimes sadness, but also deep love
Eve J. Chung's “The Young Will Remember” centers the silenced survivors of the "Forgotten War" and asks what patriotism demands
“Oh No” by Adrienne Celt, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Boxed up photographs, wartime poetry, comic strips, and more tell stories that families couldn't speak