I once took a novel writing course that my professor said would stretch us to our limits. It did....
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“I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”
— James A. Michener
Wordless Wednesday: December 7, 2016
December 7, 2016
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“Warm life preserved by the pen”: Memoirist Laurie Lee and the valley he loved
December 7, 2016
Some places capture your heart because they are yours, and others, because they belong to someone whose words...
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Wordless Wednesday: October 26, 2016
October 26, 2016
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Quotables: Dani Shapiro on the Serial Memoirist’s Plight
October 26, 2016
"But some readers of memoir are looking for secrets, for complete transparency on the part of the author, as if...
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Wordless Wednesday: October 12, 2016
October 12, 2016
We recently challenged ourselves to take a photo of a treasured older item -- possibly one that might...
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Wordless Wednesday: August 30, 2016
August 31, 2016
Scroll through more of my photos here. And check out this week’s Wordless Wednesday contributions from some of...
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Wordless Wednesday: August 24, 2016
August 24, 2016
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Allyson Latta Interviewed on TVO’s The Agenda: “The Art of Memoir”
August 24, 2016
If you missed the original airing of this interview on August 8, 2016, or wish to share it with family...
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Wordless Wednesday: August 10, 2016
August 10, 2016
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On the Legacy of Nature and Family, the Writing “Puzzle,” and How Inspired Readers Give Back: Interview with Alexandra Risen, author of the memoir Unearthed
August 8, 2016
ALEXANDRA RISEN’s Unearthed: Love, Acceptance and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden is her meditation on our interconnectedness with nature and...
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Wordless Wednesday: July 6, 2016
July 6, 2016
A wee bit o' summertime whimsy. (Okay, yes, I know those are words.) Each week on Wordless Wednesday, bloggers...
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