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Memoir Reviews

Memoirs with Melissa, my new Substack publication, shares bimonthly memoir reviews intended to expose readers to diverse authors and life experiences. To see more of what I’m reading, browse my virtual memoir shelf on Goodreads.

Recent Reviews

Happening, by Annie Ernaux: A true account illegal abortion through the pen of a Nobel laureate

Solito, by Javier Zamora: Transcending the politics of migration

Memorial Drive, by Natasha Trethewey (+4 more memoirs I’m reading by Black authors)

The Secrets that Change Who We Are to Each Other: A conversation with Jessi Hempel, author of The Family Outing

Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol, by Holly Whitaker

2022 Reviews

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures, by Sabrina Imbler

Uncultured, by Daniella Mestyanek Young (+ Bonus Author Interview!)

See No Stranger, by Valarie Kaur

Fairest, by Meredith Talusan

Cost of Living, by Emily Maloney

Burning Butch, by R/B Mertz (+ Bonus Author Interview!)

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement, by Tarana Burke

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, by Haruki Murakami

In the Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado

More Updates

  • Change is in the Air
  • Among the Wildflowers
  • What Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Law Means for LGBTQ+ Families
  • Anthology of Women’s Voices
  • Gambling on Humanity

More Publications

  • What does the trail want to teach me?
  • Memoir Deserves Its Moment
  • We Can’t Eat Grass
  • What Florida’s Parental Rights Law Means for LGBTQ+ Families
  • (a) river rising: Anthology of Women’s Voices
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