Contemporary Essays and Memoirs, Volume 1

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.