Naked and Drunkis about two-thirds biographical and about one-third writing lessons. It weaves together Lara’s personal stories with lessons on how to structure a memoir with lessons and language mechanics. This is the book you also want to read if you want to learn to effectively tell your...
Books on the History of UkraineThe Gates of Europe: A History of UkraineBy Serhii PlokhyBasic Books; 395 pages; $29.99. Allen Lane; ￡25The author is the most distinguished historian of Ukraine (乌克兰) writing in English. This book covers the many centuries in which Ukraine was attacked by...
From award-winning writer and critic Alison Croggon, Monsters is a hybrid of memoir and essay that takes as its point of departure the painful breakdown of a relationship between two sisters. It explores how our attitudes are shaped by the persisting myths that underpin colonialism and patriarchy...
Historical Timeline for Memoirs Writing a Memoir That Will Sell Military Questions for Veterans Using Lulu.com for Family Memoirs (blog post) What to do with those family letters (blog post) Articles: Eight Tips to Guarantee Your Book's Dialog Success by
Category Archives:memoir writing Travel Writing – Smiles and Spices and more Posted onAugust 4, 2024bymoonbridgebooks The other month I read Smiles and Spices: Journeys and Encounters in East Asia by Carrie Riseley of Tasmania. She’s also lived in Australia, Japan, and England. Carrie is ...
Books: Not blinking but writing John Preston on the remarkable memoir of a stroke victim who refused to give inJOHN PRESTON
Posted onJanuary 10, 2025 How do we best explain our lives? Memoir and mimetic fiction will get us partway there. Liza Monroy has written both. This moment in history may demand perspectives that won’t work in natural fiction of non-fiction. Technology has changed the nature of experience....
Solomon Northup's 'Twelve Years a Slave' Came to an End as He Regained His Long-Awaited Freedom on This Day in 1853 Northup’s memoir told the story of his kidnapping and years of enslavement in Louisiana. The book became a national best seller and inspired an Oscar-winning film Sonja An...
March 12 2024 Biography and memoir High finance, low spirits — insider tales from Wall Street and the City Two sharp memoirs give a glimpse of the steep rewards — and downsides — of working at the summit of the financial sector
He loves the book business, and most of his days (after his stints of writing in the early mornings) have been devoted to it. This short memoir, consisting of 109 very brief sections, includes allusions to and capsule characterizations of many dealers, and it will be a delight to those ...