MEMOIR IS EVERYWHERE. Are you considering writing some? Maybe I can help. My theory (pilfered from the great Flannery O'Connor) is that anyone who survived childhood has enough material for several … [Read more...] about What Makes Good Memoir?
The Memoir Project Blog
Dogs: A Love Story
SOME YEARS AGO I met a man who had never lived with a dog. Neither had his father nor his father before him. So I married the man and set about to change all that. … [Read more...] about Dogs: A Love Story
More From the Recipe Files: T-Shirt Turkey
WE’RE INTO TURKEY season, and you probably have more than a few recipes in your stash, as well as a few stories accompanying each recipe. And, if your recipes are like mine, some of them are better … [Read more...] about More From the Recipe Files: T-Shirt Turkey
Memoir Lesson: Think in Propinquities
THINK IN PROPINQUITIES. It’s a phrase that makes me sound more prim librarian than not, I know, but I love that word “propinquity,” and its reminder that you think of your angle shots when the topic … [Read more...] about Memoir Lesson: Think in Propinquities
Writers’ Block Redux: Stick a Needle in It
SOMETHING HAPPENS IN November that tips off a wave across the Northern hemisphere, turning otherwise attentive women away from the bandaging of knees, backing them off from stuffing picnic baskets, … [Read more...] about Writers’ Block Redux: Stick a Needle in It
Memoir, Ripped from the Headlines
LAST NIGHT IN my memoir class, I was talking about how memoir is a genre, within which there are many separate ways to express yourself. This always surprises those who think that memoir is one big … [Read more...] about Memoir, Ripped from the Headlines
