For nonfiction, two memoirs I'm reading right now, Fiction Ruined My Family by Jeanne Darst, and The Adderall Diaries, by Stephen Elliot. Both are very interesting expositions of the writing life, with emphasis on the connection between literary production and alcohol/other chemical crutches, subtext on how families are affected. They both manage to tell the story without too much woe-is-me boohooing, and some interesting anecdotes.

A new writer, Kevin Wilson, has just come out with a very interesting new book -- The Family Fang. NOOOOOOO!! It's not about vampires, nothing to do with vampires, sorry to shout. (I say that a lot). The Fang family consists of Caleb and Camille Fang, performance artists, and Child A and Child B, also known as Annie and Buster, who are forced to participate in their parents' "events". There's nothing abusive or sordid, just the usual trauma kids feel when they are embarrassed by their parents -- which they always are. Anyway it's an unusual and interesting little novel.