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
Recommended Reading: “Why Be Happy When You Can be Normal?”
I DON’T USUALLY require the students in my memoir class read anything in particular, including my own book on how to write memoir. But every once in a while something is published that is so to the … [Read more...] about Recommended Reading: “Why Be Happy When You Can be Normal?”
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
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
Is That A Glue Gun in Your Pocket or Are You Just Really Not Glad to See Me?
DROP THE GLUE GUN. Back away from the scrapbook. That’s right. Slowly. If you were scrapbooking, you were defaulting to the simplest, most anemic of ways to remember the moments of your life. … [Read more...] about Is That A Glue Gun in Your Pocket or Are You Just Really Not Glad to See Me?
Suggested Reading. New Memoir: Short, Long, Illustrated. And Dirty.
MEMOIR IS EVERYWHERE, making it ever more difficult to wade through to the good stuff. So, for you and you alone, I strapped on my waders and plunged into the memoir morass. What I came out with may … [Read more...] about Suggested Reading. New Memoir: Short, Long, Illustrated. And Dirty.