Dec
10
Eric Gainer, a former student in my online writing course Memories into Story I, recently published a moving memoir about his relationship with his father in the Globe and Mail's Facts & Arguments section: "Despite His Ailing Health, My Father Is Still a Meticulous Artisan." Looking down at my once-beautiful,...
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Nov
10
by Allison Howard There is something enticing and irresistibly voyeuristic about reading the personal letters of others. They offer a rare peep into the window of...
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Oct
26
Read Part 1 here. "When we announce [our experiences] through the art of writing, we have to do something with them. It helps us move on." ~ Lee Martin You used alphabetically ordered subtitles in the short memoir "Heart Sounds." Why did you decide on that structure? The stroke was...
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Oct
24
“I believe that memoir isn’t an exact record of experience but instead an artful arrangement of truth that creates a specific experience for readers.” ~ Lee Martin LEE MARTIN is the author of the novels The Bright Forever, a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction; River of Heaven;...
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Oct
15
Something a little different this week for Wordless Wednesday -- a family-history related set of photos. I'll explain more in the Comments. (Click photos to enlarge.) Postcard text: This is the photo of the model mansion with the 300...
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Oct
15
KRISTEN DEN HARTOG lives and writes in Toronto, Canada. What I like about my space Mine is a very basic space, but it suits me. Best are the heaps of books on my shelves, and the pictures of...
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