Héctor Tobar on the places that shape us.

James Baldwin on making memory useful.

Gabriel García Márquez on “the charitable deceptions of nostalgia.”

The story of how Gabriel García Márquez’s long-awaited work was smuggled from Barcelona to Paris.

A few words on the semi-autobiographical novel about friendship and marriage.

An extremely brief review of a book that felt like it would never end.

Gabriel García Márquez on reading between the lines.

Gabriel García Márquez on the basis of magical realism.

Daniel Nayeri on remembering experiences differently.

Recollections of a day well spent.

Rowan Williams on paying attention to our inner geography.

A memoir of resilience and hope.

Brief reflections on Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light.

Some preliminary thoughts on Helena Maria Viramontes’s novel Under the Feet of Jesus.

Nick Cave on humility and belief.

Thoughts on revisiting Augustine’s Confessions for a third time—now in a new translation.

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. on “the pitched battle between remembering and forgetting.”

Patti Smith’s A Book of Days, briefly noted.

My new e-book, cowritten with Nate Hughes.

My annual list of favorite books.