Why people recommend it
Stop-Time by Frank Conroy is a classic, beautifully rendered memoir that recounts the author's turbulent and eccentric childhood growing up in America. The book was a subject of discussion on The Book Review podcast in July 2024. During an episode titled Picking the Best Memoirs Since 1969, critic Dwight Garner expressed strong regret that Conroy's memoir had been omitted from a major list. Garner explained that the book was a notable absence because it had unfortunately been published just prior to the established fifty-year cutoff window for the selection criteria, despite its undeniable literary merit and beauty. In another episode titled The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone, a guest similarly lamented the exclusion of the title, echoing the sentiment that Conroy's work was a beautiful memoir that deserved a place among the greatest life writings of the era. Together, these podcast segments underscored the lasting critical esteem and emotional resonance that Stop-Time maintains among literary critics and memoir enthusiasts alike.
Who recommended it
- Dwight Garner Discussed
Dwight Garner — 1 mention
“for me I missed were uh stop time which is Frank Conroy's Memoir which is beautiful”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“for me I missed were uh stop time which is Frank Conroy Memoir which is beautiful”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“it puts me in mind of like Frank Conroy's stop time or a little bit because he's writing about kind of the Immigrant life”