Articles in Memoirs
Personal, literary nonfiction by Austin Clarke, David Gilmour, and more.
July 2008
by Don Gillmor
Fathers and sons, architecture as refuge, and a family’s great loss
by Pico Iyer
by Wendy Dennis
I found myself in Austin, Texas
May 2008
by Ken Alexander
Julian Barnes memoir is quite an attention grabber
December 2007
by Marsha Barber
This is the story of a heart operation. It’s also the story of a marriage.
by Rick Salutin
Rethinking the Holocaust in light of 9/11, my mentor, and my dad. NMA Silver Medal: Personal Journalism; NMA Nominee: Essays
November 2007
by John Vaillant
Reflections on robbing the dead. NMA nominee: Best Short Feature
June 2007
by Layne Coleman
Love, sex, and a mid-life crisis at a Tijuana cancer clinic. NMA nominee: Health and Medicine
March 2007
by Austin Clarke
In search of an interview with James Baldwin, a young Canadian immigrant experiences the intensity of Harlem in the 1960s, and ultimately finds Malcolm X.
February 2007
by David Gilmour
(or, lessons in living on a modest talent)