I DON’T USUALLY require the students in my memoir class read anything in particular, including my own book on how to write memoir. But every once in a while something is published that is so to the point, so absolutely instructional – and in this case, so short – that I simply must insist.
So read this review by Kathryn Harrison of Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal?, the new memoir by Jeannette Winterson. I recommend the book, as well. But start with the review to learn more about what memoir at its best can do for both the writer and the reader.
Enjoy.
