Patricia Schultheis
Patricia Schultheis is the author of Baltimore’s Lexington Market, published by Arcadia Publishing in 2007, and of St. Bart’s Way, an award-winning collection of short stories published by Washington Writers' Publishing House in 2015. Her memoir, A Balanced Life, was published by All Things That Matter Press in 2018.
29 entries by Patricia Schultheis
My Oceans: Essays of Water, Whales, and Women
By Christina Rivera
To save the planet, we must save ourselves.
The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies
By Deborah Levy
Though spare, these trenchant musings are rendered expansively.
Getting to Know Death: A Meditation
By Gail Godwin
A wise, wandering contemplation of what comes next.
Never Say You’ve Had a Lucky Life: Especially If You’ve Had a Lucky Life
By Joseph Epstein
A noted scribe recalls his charmed existence with candor and gratitude.
The Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays
By Joan Acocella
The erudite, entertaining author is gone too soon.
How The Catcher in the Rye’s Holden Caulfield became an ally to millions.
The Book of Goose
By Yiyun Li
A young woman reflects on a complicated long-ago friendship.
Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
By Drew Gilpin Faust
An historian/academic reflects on the tumultuous 1960s.
Mid-Air
By Victoria Shorr
An exquisite exploration of American life writ small.
A Left-Handed Woman: Essays
By Judith Thurman
The author explores myriad topics in this intelligent, captivating collection.
The Book of Goose: A Novel
By Yiyun Li
A young woman reflects on a complicated long-ago friendship.
Real Estate
By Deborah Levy
A master of the philosophical memoir ponders the concept of “home.”
Mid-Air: Two Novellas
By Victoria Shorr
An exquisite exploration of American life writ small.
Horse: A Novel
By Geraldine Brooks
A sweeping look at race — and racing — in America.
Salka Valka
By Halldór Laxness; translated by Philip Roughton
A gutsy Icelandic girl battles to rise above her circumstances.
In the Land of the Cyclops
By Karl Ove Knausgaard; translated by Martin Aitken
The provocative Norwegian author ponders the meaning and necessity of art.
The Pastor
By Hanne Ørstavik; translated by Martin Aitken
A quietly potent tale about the power (and limits) of words.
Real Estate: A Living Autobiography
By Deborah Levy
A master of the philosophical memoir ponders the concept of “home.”
In the Land of the Cyclops: Essays
By Karl Ove Knausgaard; translated by Martin Aitken
The provocative Norwegian author ponders the meaning and necessity of art.
The longtime educator's new story collection seeks to capture (and honor) the voices of Baltimore teens.
The Man Who Saw Everything
By Deborah Levy
This Booker-nominated stunner of a novel defies easy categorization.
The Man Who Saw Everything: A Novel
By Deborah Levy
This Booker-nominated stunner of a novel defies easy categorization.
The Night Tiger: A Novel
By Yangsze Choo
An unlikely trio embarks on a Confucian-fueled quest in 1930s Malaya.
My Grandfather’s Gallery: A Family Memoir of Art and War
By Anne Sinclair
This remembrance of a WWII-era collector chooses facts over feelings and suffers in the process.
Pioneer Girl: A Novel
By Bich Minh Nguyen
A Vietnamese American woman seeks the origins of a missing pin matching one owned by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
By Ann Patchett
The award-winning writer presents 22 essays that reveal her deepening understanding of love and commitment.
Coming Clean: A Memoir
By Kimberly Rae Miller
Grappling with love for — and shame over — troubled parents.
City of Angels: or, The Overcoat of Dr. Freud
By Christa Wolf
An examination of memory’s selectivity and time’s multi-dimensionality.
