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 elicit some form of short memoir – an op-ed, or personal essay – from … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: May 12, 2012
The Memoir Project Blog
Writing Memoir that is Stranger Than Fiction? So What?
STRANGER THAN FICTION? I hear this phrase all the time in questions from students about how to write a family truth that is far more bizarre than anyone would believe. I disagree on the not-believing … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir that is Stranger Than Fiction? So What?
The Power of Memoir. Listen In.
THE POWER OF MEMOIR is one of my favorite topics. I recently heard this one-minute radio essay that brilliantly argues about the positive aspects of my favorite genre. Please listen in. It’s here. … [Read more...] about The Power of Memoir. Listen In.
New Memoir: Love ‘Ems and Leave ‘Ems
I'M TOO NICE about all this, aren’t I? A great defender of memoir, I neglect to tell you just which books make me want to hurl just as much as they might make you want to hurl. No more. Something … [Read more...] about New Memoir: Love ‘Ems and Leave ‘Ems
Ripped From the Headlines: How to Write Op-eds
WANT TO BE HEARD? Of course you do. My advice? Write an op-ed, one of those opposite-the-editorial-pages pieces that you read every day, learn from, and sometimes pass along to your friends and … [Read more...] about Ripped From the Headlines: How to Write Op-eds
Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: April 26, 2012
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 elicit some form of short memoir – an op-ed, or personal essay – from … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: April 26, 2012
