We review a pair of standout memoirs this week, though very different in mood and topic: New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's I Must Be Dreaming, "a laugh-out-loud funny tour through her dream journal" as well as a brief introduction to dream theory; and A Memoir of My Former Self by the recently deceased Hilary Mantel, "a stunning monument to a brilliant mind and the extraordinary breadth, skill, and talent of a singular writer." Plus Project F, Jeanne DuPrau's "thoughtful, urgent meditation on the origins and dangers of climate change." And so many more!
In The Writer's Life, Terry J. Benton-Walker discusses parenting, self-love, and Black and queer representation in his novels for young people Alex Wise vs. the End of the World and Blood Debts.