Blogs about: Mary Karr
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The Liar's Club - Review
I finally buckled down and made myself finish the 2nd half of this book. My review of this book is really mixed up and I’m still trying to figure out how I feel about it. Its weird reviewing a m… more →
The Novel World
Sunday Salon - Book Coveting Women Writers
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Vasilly wrote 1 week ago: Good morning. Right now the sun is shining and there’s not a cloud in the sky. With very littl … more →
Language Geek, #2: Bildungsroman
bakerkline wrote 1 week ago: “No road offers more mystery than that first one you mount from the town you were born to, the … more →
BookExpo: Craig Ferguson, Mary Karr, Amber Tamblyn, Getting Ready for Obama.
redsnow25 wrote 1 month ago: NEW YORK — Saturday at BookExpo America began with another Author Breakfast, hosted by a very … more →
more on poetry and prayer from mary karr
alison wrote 4 months ago: …if you’re in a frame of mind gloomy enough to refuse prayer, despite its having worked … more →
sinners welcome
alison wrote 4 months ago: “Sinners Welcome” by Mary Karr I opened up my shirt to show this man the flaming heart he lit in me, … more →
sinners welcome
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alison wrote 4 months ago: I’m home from church with a sick little girl, so I’m rereading this collection of poems … more →
mary karr on poetry and prayer
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alison wrote 4 months ago: In this state–what Dickinson called “sumptuous destitution”–prayer was a slo … more →
DFW and the Unfinished
kristynwinters wrote 4 months ago: The March 9th issue of The New Yorker includes an essay about David Foster Wallace and his unfinishe … more →
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artagglomeration wrote 6 months ago: normally i can’t give up on a book, no matter how terrible it is, but i think i’ve final … more →
The world is Trouble... and Grace. That is all there is.
iheartya wrote 7 months ago: Yup, I just finished reading Gary Schmidt’s Trouble. Overall, it’s not as close to what … more →
Book Suggestions, A List of Modern Day Classics
abunchofwordz wrote 7 months ago: Entertainment Weekly recently put out a list of the best 100 books published between 1983 and 2008, … more →
Memoirist for President!
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9to5poet wrote 10 months ago: It’s a good Sunday for the New York Times – now you know what I’m doing on this Su … more →
Lessons from Mother and Daddy
sixtwoone wrote 10 months ago: Mary Karr’s memoir The Liars’ Club opens with an epigraph from Ezra Pound (”nothin … more →
Fuckin' Cherry...
essaytch wrote 10 months ago: Cherry bombs. Memoirs of a young-life hippie queen. Swimming pools, neighborhood crushes, Poet fiend … more →
The Liar's Club - Review
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rantsandreads wrote 1 year ago: I finally buckled down and made myself finish the 2nd half of this book. My review of this book is r … more →
A Life Too Ordinary To Write About
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ybonesy wrote 1 year ago: What do James Frey — author of A Million Little Pieces — and Margaret Seltzer (who … more →
Reads and reviews
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rantsandreads wrote 1 year ago: I suppose since my English BA background is in 19th and 20th Century literature, I’m not often … more →
Currently Reading
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rantsandreads wrote 1 year ago: War of theWorlds: HG Wells Island of Dr. Moreau: HG Wells The Liar’s Club: Mary Karr I’m … more →
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