ALL MEMOIR NEEDS AN ARGUMENT. Want to argue about it? Just kidding, of course, though accepting that even all memoir needs an argument from which to build a structure is a topic that can get heated … [Read more...] about All Nonfiction is an Argument. Even Memoir. Want to Mix it Up?
Ideas for Memoir Topics: Read it in the Want Ads
THE FINE PRINT is where you’ll find great creative inspiration. I mean, have you looked in the want ads lately? If not, you should. It is there that I get a lot of my ideas for memoir topics. … [Read more...] about Ideas for Memoir Topics: Read it in the Want Ads
Writing Memoir: News You Can Use: January 14, 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 – … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir: News You Can Use: January 14, 2012
The Memoir Project in Washington Post. What Holiday Joy.
WHAT AN HONOR. I am delighted to see The Memoir Project, my irreverent little book on how to write memoir, listed at the number one spot in a Washington Post short list of books on writing. Once I … [Read more...] about The Memoir Project in Washington Post. What Holiday Joy.
Call for Entries: A Memoir Reading
I love readings. In fact, I love them so much that I am curating one in December, 2011, as part of a year-long project at the place at which I teach. Here’s the call for entries. I do hope you’ll … [Read more...] about Call for Entries: A Memoir Reading
A Big Life for The Little Book That Could
IT’S BEEN A great time for The Memoir Project, my irreverent little book on how to write memoir. I was on the wonderful NPR show, Talk of the Nation. I’d love you to listen it, of course, and you can … [Read more...] about A Big Life for The Little Book That Could