As told by its full title, “Night Terrors” is a non-fiction book about Troubled Sleep and the Stories We Tell About It. Alice Vernon, the author, recounts some of her own traumatic experiences with sleepwalking. However, she mainly surveys ‘parasomnias’ (undesirable sleep behaviors) both through time and imagination.
Book Review: Knife by Salman Rushdie
“Knife” is Salman Rushdie’s memoir following the traumatic onstage knife attack on his life on August 12, 2022, while he was giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution.
Book Review: Room to Dream by David Lynch & Kristine McKenna
“Room to Dream” acts as a part-memoir and part-biography of David Lynch’s life from the personal (his creative process and personal life lessons) to the artistic (his art and his films).
Book Review: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
“The War of Art” is a short but punchy non-fiction book that aims to help you break through your creative blocks and win your inner creative battles.
Book Review: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
“Fledgling” follows a genetically modified, seemingly young-looking, vampire who’s lost her memory. She’s tasked with saving herself and the ones she loves from those who caused her harm and murdered her family.
Book Review: Devotion (Why I Write) by Patti Smith
“Devotion” is a short memoir in the Why I Write series. In this collection of short essays, Patti Smith recounts how she centers devotion in her creative life.
Book Review: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
“The City and Its Uncertain Walls” begins with a young nameless couple. The story truly starts when the girl disappears and the boy, now a middle-aged man, decides to unravel the mystery of the walled city she once spoke of.
Book Review: The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
“The Creative Act: A Way of Being” is a book about embodying creativity, and is written by world-renowned music producer Rick Rubin.
Book Review: Bluets by Maggie Nelson
“Bluets” is a book of lyrical, meditative fragments or vignettes on the colour blue intermingled with Maggie Nelson’s feelings of love, sadness, and despair.
Book Review: The Obesity Code by Jason Fung
“The Obesity Code” is a non-fiction book exploring the link between insulin resistance, fasting, and obesity. It is not a diet book but a book that promises to change the way you look at diets and weight loss.
Book Review: The Joy of Pain by Richard H. Smith
“The Joy of Pain” is a non-fiction book that explores both the psychological and sociological nature of schadenfreude — that shameful joy we experience when we watch the misfortunes of others (those we are jealous of, enemies, and even sometimes towards our friends, family, and acquaintances.)
Book Review: Rouge by Mona Awad
“Rouge” follows the unraveling of our main character, Mirabelle. After her mother’s passing, Belle stays in California, cleaning up her mother’s apartment. From there, she’s recruited to Rouge, a Spa that promises her that she can be her Most Magnificent Self, the very same Maison de Méduse that her mother attended before she went the Way of the Roses.
