CATHERINE RAVEN IS THE author of the brand new book, Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship, just out from Spiegel & Grau. I've been waiting quite a while to speak with her after I heard about … [Read more...] about How to Find The Right Voice for Your Memoir, with Catherine Raven
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On Writing Across Genres, and the World of Publishing, with Dori Jones Yang
DORI JONES YANG IS the author of eight books, including her most recent memoir, When The Red Gates Opened: A Memoir of China's Reawakening, which documents her eight years as a Businessweek … [Read more...] about On Writing Across Genres, and the World of Publishing, with Dori Jones Yang
How Writers Choose Their Topics, with Dreux Richard
DREUX RICHARD IS AN American writer and investigative journalist who is also a literary translator. From 2011 to 2016. He covered Japan's African community for the Japan Times where he also led a year … [Read more...] about How Writers Choose Their Topics, with Dreux Richard
How to Write the Perfect First Sentence for a Memoir
KNOWING HOW TO WRITE THE PERFECT first sentence to a memoir is not a magical process. It is not something that you can force, nor is it the least bit mystical. What it is, though, is work -- but … [Read more...] about How to Write the Perfect First Sentence for a Memoir
How to Create and Maintain a Writer’s Eye, with Samantha Clark
SAMANTHA CLARK IS THE AUTHOR OF the brand new memoir, The Clearing: A Memoir of Art, Family and Mental Health, just out from Little Brown. Samantha is a writer and artist who lives on Orkney, an … [Read more...] about How to Create and Maintain a Writer’s Eye, with Samantha Clark
How to Write a Memoir in Essays, with Rebekah Taussig
THE WRITER, REBEKAH TAUSSIG, has a new book called Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body. It is just out from Harper One. The book is a memoir told in essays. Rebecca is … [Read more...] about How to Write a Memoir in Essays, with Rebekah Taussig
