IT’S GRADUATION SEASON, and every time it rolls around I am reminded of how I always seem to find memoir in the day-to-day. I’ve spoken at commencements, and it's a great honor to be asked to do so. … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir at Commencement: The Graduation Speech
My First Piece of Memoir — Recently Chosen to Premier a New York Times Feature
THERE ARE ALMOST NO WORDS to describe how exquisitely happy I am to have a magazine piece of mine be chosen as the very first story showcased in a new online New York Times feature. The first piece of … [Read more...] about My First Piece of Memoir — Recently Chosen to Premier a New York Times Feature
Memoir Writing: Love in a Cold Climate
We dipped into the single digits on the thermometer recently upstate, and every time this happens I am reminded about the degrees by which we learn to love. … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: Love in a Cold Climate
Finding Home, A Memoir
ON AUGUST 3 1963, a family put down one thousand dollars to buy a furnished house, five acres, and a car, and moved to Burden Lake Road in Averill Park, a town near Albany, in upstate New York. A … [Read more...] about Finding Home, A Memoir
Book Giveaway and a Little Insight Into the Roach Sisters
IN THE BEGINNING, there wasn’t a thing Margaret owned, a phrase she spoke, or a gesture she tossed off that I did not want as my own. But smooth-haired, blue-eyed, skim-milk-skinned, even visually she … [Read more...] about Book Giveaway and a Little Insight Into the Roach Sisters
Farewell to a Fond Friend
MY LITTLE TILLER is out by the trash. Just shy of its 24th year in service, it finally exhausted itself. It cannot be coaxed back to tear its way even one more time through my rocky garden. The kind … [Read more...] about Farewell to a Fond Friend
