autobiographical essays

THE FIRST MAN IN MY LIFE:
Daughters Write About Their Fathers
by Sandra Martin

In her introduction to this excellent collection of short essays by prominent Canadian women about their fathers, editor Sandra Martin admits that finding a title that “didn’t imply incest as an overarching theme was an onerous struggle.” But surely, Sandra, one shouldn’t give up entirely? Read more…

DON’T GET TOO COMFORTABLE
by David Rakoff

Ex-pat Canadian and long-time New Yorker David Rakoff is an extremely funny man. This, his second release (following a collection of autobiographical essays called Fraud) is for the most part an extremely funny book. Read more…