THIS WEEK’S CLASS was the first in a new six-week series. I particularly love these first nights, since it brings the challenge back to me to explain what memoir is, what it is not, and what is … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir: Class Notes. March 23, 2012
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Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: March 23, 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 … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: March 23, 2012
Writing Memoir? Trust, But Verify
"TRUST, BUT VERIFY." Reading those words, I simply smiled from earring to earring. Such good advice. Such good advice for writers of memoir, whose inclination is to think that what they feel is true, … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir? Trust, But Verify
Memoir Without a Net: Telling a Tale on the Radio
I'VE NEVER BEFORE TOLD A PIECE of memoir without notes, or not reading from a manuscript. At least not in public. Of course, I've told stories at the dinner table, in the car, and over the phone, but … [Read more...] about Memoir Without a Net: Telling a Tale on the Radio
Parenting Memoir: Birthday Party Hell
My dictionary defines hell as "any place or state of torment or misery." Well, then, I've been to hell on earth and it's other people's children's birthday parties. … [Read more...] about Parenting Memoir: Birthday Party Hell
Parenting Memoir: Were There Saturdays Before Children?
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT: Good parenting requires a healthy respect for forgetfulness and a working knowledge of when to use it. Women who give birth claim that after delivery they forget all about the pain. … [Read more...] about Parenting Memoir: Were There Saturdays Before Children?
