MANY TIMES, STUDENTS in my classes teach me more than I teach them. Such is the case with writer Dan New. In Dan’s case, what I learned was the power of one simple edit, when we agreed as a class what … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir: A Memorial Day Personal Essay
Memoir Writing: News You Can Use. 1/11/13
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might help you learn how to write memoir, specifically a piece of short, … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: News You Can Use. 1/11/13
Memoir Writing: News You Can Use. 1/5/13
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might help you learn how to write memoir, specifically a piece of short, … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: News You Can Use. 1/5/13
Ashes to Ashes, A Holiday Memoir
EVERY TIME THE holidays come around I am reminded that one of these days I simply have to do something with my mother’s ashes. It’s been more than twenty years since she died. This length of stay out … [Read more...] about Ashes to Ashes, A Holiday Memoir