The New Sameness of Leslie Jamison’s Addiction Memoir
Leslie Jamison's The Recovering is self-aware about being the same old story, recalling the redemption narratives of Rousseau and St. Augustine.
Ghettoside: Murder & Justice in South LA
Detective Wallace “Wally” Tennelle was a rarity: a cop who actually lived in the South Los Angeles neighborhood where he worked.
Women’s Expressions of Grief, from Mourning Clothes to Memory Books
Mourning clothes were a signal to the world that a family—really, that a woman had suffered a loss.