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
The Memoir Project Blog
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
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
