Publisher's Synopsis
Contemporary Essays and Memoirs, Volume 1 is a collection of scholarly essays and recent reviews of the best of contemporary essays and memoirs. The book reviews and essays include:
- "The Changing Face of Biraciality: The White/Jewish Mother as Tragic Mulatto Figure in James McBride's The Color of Water and Danzy Senna's Caucasia" by Reginald Watson
- "The Life of the Body in American Autobiography: The Year in the Us" by Leigh Gilmore
- "Book Review: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance" by Peter Carrol
- "Hunger Pangs (Review of Hunger by Roxane Gay)" by Katie Gemmill
- "Sherman Alexie's You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir" by Yvonne C. Garrett.
