Category Archives: Memoir & Poetry

Walker is a Kentucky-based writer, and Affrilachia is a beautiful collection of poems; shedding light on Appalachian life is one thing, and Walker brings the focus closer on what it is like to be black–and often poor–in this historically fraught region.

Essays about the very guts of the medical industrial complex, and the many struggles that our healthcare system forces upon its patients.

“Picking Cotton” is a painful examination of how wrong our criminal justice system can be–both for those accusing and the accused.

A look into Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky’s incredible endurance, work ethic, and skill.

A sharp, personal look at breast cancer and the politics surrounding it.

A fascinating look into the history of management, why management theory is pseudoscience, and why we are wrong to cling to it so desperately.

A compilation of poems by one of this country’s most esteemed poets, who lived during the Great Migration.

“Me and The Times” by former New York Times editor Robert Stock is a remarkable memoir of his early life and his career.

Technology and entrepreneurship, seemingly always intertwined, are prominently featured in this insider’s look at the founder of the giant e-commerce website, Alibaba.

Incredibly helpful guides to our national parks.