Magical Memoir Moments
Save Yourself the Cost of the Sarah Palin Memoir: Read Great Kakutani Review in New York Times
Thanks to my Facebook friend Marla Miller for pointing me to a great review–and a great strategy for dealing with this particular memoir. Read the review; don’t buy the book. Use the comment section to agree or disagree with the strategy or with the book! Here’s the link to the Kakutani review in the Times.
Laura Bush Memoir Book Deal Illustrates Recession?
Today’s Daily Beast asserts that Laura Bush received less than Nancy Reagan and Betty Ford–and only one third the amount that the same publisher (Simon & Shuster) paid for Hillary Clinton’s memoir. They speculate that the recession may be to blame. Poor Laura. She got a mere $1.6 million advance. Or could it be that in…
Michael Moore's Own Life–Does it Undermine His Message?
Capitalism: A Love Story opened nationwide yesterday, and Stuart and I made the movie our Friday night date. If you have not seen this film yet, I encourage you to do so. Of course, I was watching and listening with a memoir lens. In this film we see pictures and home movies of little Michael…
Five Days in Vancouver: A Mini-Memoir
Vancouver, BC, must be one of the ten most beautiful places on earth. Mountains, water, temperate climate year round, a meeting place for East and West. Such a meeting took place at the Vancouver Peace Summit September 25-29, 2009. For us at the Fetzer Institute, it was a time of celebration for our Fetzer Prize…
Roger Ebert: His Drinking/Recovery Memoir
You know Roger Ebert as a film critic, one of the best in the business. But on August 25, Roger Ebert came out to the world as a recovering alcoholic in his blog in the Chicago Sun-Times called “Roger Ebert’s Journal.” After 30 years of sobriety and an operation that left him physically unable to…
So How ’bout that Toast?: A Mini-Memoir
Our son Anthony and our new daughter-in-law Chelsea were married September 12 at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Manhattan. It’s time to share more of the story that has been unfolding here since they announced their engagement. I described the synchronicity in their meeting–their origin story involving Forrest Church and Match.com here. And…
Memoir Poems: A New Family Tradition
The wedding countdown is on! Anthony and Chelsea not only have their own website, like many couples these days, but both of them are bloggers. Anthony uses his blog mostly as a “digital home” for networking in social media, although he announced his engagement there, including the playlist of music and the menu.He also loves…