NEW ON MY NIGHTSIDE TABLE are three books I read about in recent editions of The New Yorker. All sounded wonderful in those mini-reviews, as well as to be books from which we could all learn a thing … [Read more...] about Recommended Memoirs: New Books. Read and Learn How To Write Memoir
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The Very Best Writing Advice
THE VERY BEST WRITING advice I’ve ever received came from one of the very best living American writers. I am a great believer in asking an expert, particularly when the stakes are as high as what I do … [Read more...] about The Very Best Writing Advice
Recommended Reading: “Her” A Memoir by Christa Paravanni
LISTENING TO THE RADIO recently, I heard an announcer introduce someone who had written a “memoir,” and I swear the announcer spat out the word, making it an expletive, heightening it with invective. … [Read more...] about Recommended Reading: “Her” A Memoir by Christa Paravanni
Come Join Me on Advice to Writers
IT WAS AN HONOR to be interviewed by Jon Winokur for his fine site, AdvicetoWriters.com. Somehow he got me to admit to my great belief in reading equal parts Emily Dickinson and Mad Magazine as a … [Read more...] about Come Join Me on Advice to Writers
Memoirama! A New Memoir Class Added. Come Join Me.
THERE'S A NEW CLASS coming up, added because you asked me to. I'm delighted you asked, by the way. I call this class Memoirama, which is kind of self-explanatory, in that … [Read more...] about Memoirama! A New Memoir Class Added. Come Join Me.
Writing Memoir: News You Can Use. 2/16/13
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might help you learn how to write a short piece of memoir, specifically a … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir: News You Can Use. 2/16/13
