I ask what it was like for Jarrell to navigate the history of her parents before she was born -- two people of a different generation, younger then than Jarrell... read more
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In "10 Tips for Writing Travel Articles," Dan Linstead, travel editor of Wanderlust travel magazine, offers... read more
I once took a novel writing course that my professor said would stretch us to our limits. It did. I hated the draft of my novel: all that seemed... read more
"But some readers of memoir are looking for secrets, for complete transparency on the part of the author, as if the point is confession, and the process of reading memoir,... read more
"... a family without secrets is rare indeed. People who live in families make every effort to keep certain things concealed from the rest of the world, and at times... read more
I believe one of the great privileges of being a writer is that there is a use -- the possibility of... read more