Before writing "The Things They Carried," O'Brien offered this profound memoir of his year fighting in Vietnam
The late author's now-classic "The Missionary Position," a takedown of Mother Teresa, resonates even louder today
Hunter S. Thompson's wild ride of a book, "Screwjack," offers a blueprint to the writer's entire career
In a new military memoir, a gay veteran explains how damaging it was to hide his real self while serving
Nigerian poet Chinua Achebe was once Biafra's cultural ambassador. With this memoir, he is its defining historian
The Haitian-American writer's well-researched, resonant work discovers how art can enable us to reclaim power
S.L. Wisenberg's virtuosic, poignant book documents her battle with cancer and the malignant culture of dishonesty
The actress narrates an essential new audiobook of "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," which has only deepened with time
The audiobook of D.T. Max's new biography makes a sad ending all the more shocking
In Josh Kornbluth's "Red Diaper Baby" monologues, all things devolve to the absurd
A fire at a Colorado nuclear weapons plant in 1969 could have wiped out the city, a new book contends
His latest, "A Hologram for the King," is part Michael Chabon, part David Mamet -- and a great audiobook experience
Kyle Minor is the author of "In the Devil’s Territory," a collection of stories and novellas, and the winner of the 2012 Iowa Review Prize for Short Fiction. His work has appeared in The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, Best American Mystery Stories 2008, "Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers" and "Forty Stories: New Voices from Harper Perennial." He lives in Ohio.
