Magical Memoir Moments
Top 100 Memoirs: Which Ones are Essential?
Embarrassing story: When I was a newbie grad student at the University of Texas at Austin, I turned in a review of a book that my professor did not recognize. He asked me why I chose this book to review. I responded, “Because it was on my shelf.” He looked horrified. As Paul Newman might…
Love and Death: Forrest Church's Testimony and a Mini-Memoir
Forrest Church’s voice rings in my head today. I finished his memoir last night, and many of his themes are ones deeply embedded in my own life. His 2008 book, Love & Death: My Journey Through the Valley of the Shadow, published by Beacon Press, focuses on the two big ideas of the title, especially…
Mini-Memoir: How Long Have I Been Teaching Memoir?
How long have I been teaching memoir writing? On its face, the answer is, “not very,” but I can also truthfully say “about 40 years.” How can both be true? The recent teaching comes in the form of workshops I have blogged about previously– three sessions at the Fetzer Institute and two about workshops given…
Elizabeth Gilbert
Today was Blogging-in-WordPress Lesson #2 with my son Anthony. I wanted to know how to embed a video, so he showed me how. Yippee! Here is Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love.
Discovering Shelfari
My son Anthony keeps showing me wonderful places to go online, especially places that help me learn more about social media and might brighten the face of this blog. The latest is Shelfari, a place to rate books, talk about books, and meet new book lovers. I have started a group there called–you guessed it–100…
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