STILL PICTURES On Photography and Memory

This brief series of recollections by the late NEW YORKER writer, journalist, and photographer Janet Malcolm is narrated authoritatively by Maria Tucci, who captures the self-revelatory tone of Malcolm's memories. The text is a series of reactions to the snapshots and photos that precede each chapter. Most of the early parts, though honey hued, are candid appraisals of her upbringing and émigré parents, Czech Jews who left their homeland in 1939 to avoid the horrors. Malcom worked for the NEW YORKER for 58 years and penned some unique pieces, including IN THE FREUD ARCHIVES, for which Jeffery Masson sued her. Their decade-long legal dispute forms the most fascinating section of the audiobook. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2024]