Book Review: The Hero of This Book
The Hero of this Book, by Elizabeth McCracken is filed under fiction, but has a lot to say about memoir.
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Book Review: Drawing Breath by Gayle Brandeis
A book review of Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss by Gayle Brandeis.
So Many Ways to Start a Story
I found a few common themes in the opening lines of memoirs.
Book Review: Louise: Amended
Louise has a brain injury at 22 just as she was beginning her glossy life in LA.
Review of Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir About Cancer and a Journey
A review of Suleika Jaouad’s Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted. A cancer memoir about cancer, but also a journey.
Book Review: The Opposite of Certainty – Finding Myself in the Story
I started reading The Opposite of Certainty, a memoir by Janine Urbaniak Reid, because it’s another story about someone with a brain tumor. While the details were different, I saw my story.
How This Once Defiant Speaker Found Her Voice
When a speech teacher dared us with 20 zeroes. I took the challenge. Now I’m older and have finally found a way to speak that suits me.
Theft by Finding and Stealing Ideas During Quarantine
reading the diary of a famous writer during the quarantine is perfect since it reminds me of all the things I can’t write, right now and how famous writers struggle sometimes too.
Book Review: The Song Poet
Review of The Song Poet by Kao Kalia Yang. The book is a love letter to her father who struggles with voice and to give his family love and care in a land that has taken them in, but has not always valued their traditions and differences.
Memoirs by Women for International Women’s Day
Women still get paid less for their words. In honor of International Women’s Day, here’s a list of five memoirs by women.