tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post7096319505244883540..comments2023-10-18T06:48:47.126-05:00Comments on Not to brag . . .: Book Beat: Memoirs, Like the Corner of My Mindmephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03074153090546740903noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-75614719787260253722008-03-29T09:46:00.000-05:002008-03-29T09:46:00.000-05:00Thanks for these recommendations! I'm working on ...Thanks for these recommendations! I'm working on memoir writing in a class I'm taking. Have you read The Glass Castle? Several people have recommended it to me (for the style, not the content I suppose).Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753205572837649406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-5443103547054201922008-03-26T08:07:00.000-05:002008-03-26T08:07:00.000-05:00I am so glad you enjoyed my recommendations. I can...I am so glad you enjoyed my recommendations. I can't second the enthusiasm for Kimmel enough, as well as encourage others to read her novels. If I were going to be a groupie of any writer, she would be it. I've been working on Flynn's book for a while, hopefully I'll finish it before I lose the thread of it completely. I can also recommend a pair of memoirs -- Lucy Grealy's story of her struggle with cancer and disfigurement: Autobiography of a Face and Ann Patchett's chronicle of her friendship with Grealy Truth and Beauty. I'm also a huge fan of Anne Lamott's nonfiction. I am a memoir junkie, spent much of my time in grad school contemplating the ins and outs of creative nonfiction and confessional poetry, but still have no good answers on how to deal with its inherent issues of lies and invention. Maybe I'll write about my own boring life one day to sort it all out...E...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04405932437380095945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-65813636003830418782008-03-25T19:19:00.000-05:002008-03-25T19:19:00.000-05:00I believe there has been some other misremembering...I believe there has been some other misremembering lately, a certain pitcher thinking someone misremembered what happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-65879163711601234202008-03-25T16:50:00.000-05:002008-03-25T16:50:00.000-05:00The "misremembering" topic is very timely given Hi...The "misremembering" topic is very timely given Hillary Clinton's recent "misremembering" of dodging sniper fire in Bosnia. Personally, I think that I would remember someone shooting at me pretty clearly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436677792458357476.post-61879672959669676372008-03-25T10:33:00.000-05:002008-03-25T10:33:00.000-05:00I hear you on false memories. My family likes to ...I hear you on false memories. My family likes to accuse each other of "remembering" things that never happened (e.g., my brother swears that my mom always had Tang in the house when we were growing up. NFW.)<BR/><BR/>Irrespective of recent bad press, I too like memoirs, and will continue to pick them up. My aforementioned "Tang-drinking" brother bought me "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City" a few years ago, which describes Nick Flynn's experiences as a social worker in a homeless shelter, including one night when his estranged father unexpectedly showed up in need of a bed. I also liked "Liars' Club" by Mary Karr: she depicts an intensely shitty childhood and the conflicting emotions a child deals with when parental adoration is targeted toward a relatively pathetic father figure, but with real humor and compassion.Actchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320025313541534433noreply@blogger.com