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» National Association of Memoir Writers Book Review: Fearless Confessions, by Sue William Silverman

February Featured Book Review  by Linda Joy Myers  President, National Association of Memoir Writers Sue Silverman is the NAMW Member-only Teleseminar presenter for February!  Be sure to join us on this call, Friday February 19, 2010. Sue Silverman sent me her book Fearless Confessions, after we... » more

Memoir Writers—How to be Transformed by your Plot » Memoir Writers—How to be Transformed by your Plot

by Martha Alderson ( http://www.blockbusterplots.com/ ) When I teach memoir writers, I try to integrate several things at once—to honor the stories, often very emotional and raw, that they want to tell. And in a group setting, we strive to respectfully witness each person’s story and to allow emotions... » more

NAMW Book Review: Lit, a Memoir by Mary Karr » NAMW Book Review: Lit, a Memoir by Mary Karr

November Featured Book Review by Linda Joy Myers, NAMW President  Lit, the new memoir by Mary Karr, is a book to be inhaled and imbibed, a fitting fate for a story about falling down a bottle and the slippery climb back up to some version of sanity and grace. Read the book all at once to feel its full... » more