Magical Memoir Moments

Here's a Quick Way to Discover Great Books: Six Lists That Get to the Heart of Memoir

By Shirley Showalter | March 12, 2013

I love lists. Don’t you? Lists save us time. They help us visualize our goals. They inspire us. They appeal to our sense of completion with a beginning, middle, and end. Book lists are the best of all. I first enjoyed lists I found on Amazon. Then Goodreads offered me the chance to see the…

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Shall I Follow Jane's Friedman's Great Example? Or Just Let Jane Do It?

By Shirley Showalter | September 22, 2010

Jane Friedman has 22,679 Twitter followers, some of whom could more appropriately be called devotees. It’s worth getting a Twitter account just to follow her. You’ll soon see why she has built a rabid tribe. She’s smart, ahead of the rapidly evolving book industry curve, witty–and generous. One of the things I like most about…

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