Soon after her unico hijo (only child) was born, my eldest sister began encouraging and cajoling our parents to write their life stories. “Your grandkids should know their roots and share your ...

Over the decades that I’ve been a professional writer, dozens of people have told me they want to write a book about their inner and outer lives as cabbies, baristas, pet sitters, pizza deliverers, ...

The purpose of this essay is to take hematologist/oncologist readers of the Journal on my challenging journey of trying to write a memoir describing my patients and ...

Susan Orlean has spent a lifetime noticing the little details about others when she writes. The Orchid Thief followed an ...