Looking Out Over This Week's Memoir News (The third week of March, 2016) There is a lot of be happy about this week in the world of memoir. Lee Smith has a new book Bustle has a new … [Read more...] about My View: The Week’s Best Memoir News 3/18/16
New Memoir Proves to be Early Narrative on Black Mass Incarceration
WHILE MASS INCARCERATION of African Americans is one of the biggest tragedies of contemporary America, it is actually nothing new. Evidence of its effects is easy to ignore, though, unless one is … [Read more...] about New Memoir Proves to be Early Narrative on Black Mass Incarceration
New Memoir for Your Holiday Shopping List and More
NEW MEMOIR ABOUNDS, and some of it sounds so damn good that I actually cleaned my office to make room for the incoming pile. So fair warning, readers, here comes the winter list and some holiday … [Read more...] about New Memoir for Your Holiday Shopping List and More
New Memoir to Read: Mary Karr
MARY KARR’S NEW BOOK, The Art of Memoir, came in the mail from her publisher with a lovely letter asking me to read it. Oooh, I thought, now this is a job perk. A free book. Nice. And then I began … [Read more...] about New Memoir to Read: Mary Karr
New Memoir for A Summer Read
THERE IS SO MUCH NEW MEMOIR, and so much of it is good, that I cannot stop myself from grinning from earring to earring. This is fine news, folks, since it indicates that the genre is alive and well, … [Read more...] about New Memoir for A Summer Read
New Memoir: Women and Drinking, An Update
TAKING ON THE TOPIC of blackout drinking would be brave for anyone, but I would argue that for a woman to do so is a special kind of brave, particularly if she plans to be honest, as well as to do … [Read more...] about New Memoir: Women and Drinking, An Update