MELISSA FALIVENO HAS JUST published a debut essay collection, TOMBOYLAND (Topple Books, 2020), which was named by NPR, New York Public Library, Oprah Magazine, Vogue, Electric Literature, … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir About Identity, with Melissa Faliveno
How to Write a Medical Memoir About Your Own Health, with Sarah Fay
SARAH FAY KNOWS ABOUT how to write a medical memoir. Her new book, based on the six mental health misdiagnoses she received, got her to look hard at how we diagnose mental health and resulted in her … [Read more...] about How to Write a Medical Memoir About Your Own Health, with Sarah Fay
How to Write Memoir in Essays, with Mary Laura Philpott
MARY LAURA PHILPOTT IS the author of the national bestseller I Miss You When I Blink and the brand new memoir Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives just out from Atria Books. Her writing has … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir in Essays, with Mary Laura Philpott
How to Bear Witness in Writing, with Author Rachael Cerrotti
TO DESCRIBE RACHAEL CERROTTI as a multi-platform writer, producer, author, teacher does not quite accurately encompass all the ways in which she covers deeply important topics and … [Read more...] about How to Bear Witness in Writing, with Author Rachael Cerrotti
All Memoir Writing Asks a Question. What’s Yours?
DOES YOUR MEMOIR ASK A QUESTION, or do you need to create one? Although I’ve been teaching memoir for more than a quarter-century, as well as working as a memoir coach, I recently had a new insight … [Read more...] about All Memoir Writing Asks a Question. What’s Yours?
How to Write Memoir About the Books You Love
FARAH JASMINE GRIFFIN is a writer and educator. She was the inaugural chair of the African American and African Diaspora Studies department at Columbia University, where she is the William B. Ransford … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir About the Books You Love
