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Memories53 comments

on thehomefrontandbeyond wrote 5 months ago: Cover of Thinking About Memoir (AARP) Memories: recollections, reminiscences, remembrances. So many … more →

Tags: On the Homefront, Home, Christmas, Family, memoir, Memory, Sibling, parent, Holiday

The Art of Memory

merma0499 wrote 7 months ago: Hello readers, I am fairly sure that all of our minds work  differently, which means more or less th … more →

Tags: Art, Poetry, Relationships, Self Love, childhood, kindness, Love, Humor, Family

Don't Reveal, Uncover6 comments

Elisabeth Kinsey wrote 10 months ago: “If your psyche is a balloon animal and you squeeze to eliminate the cigarettes and whiskey, t … more →

Tags: writing, Abigail Thomas, Safekeeping, memoir, Upper West Side, Conferences, Writing Conferences

THEMES IN MEMOIRS

Your Memoir wrote 1 year ago: Much of last week, due to a lousy cold, I was under a blanket and a dog on the sofa. This meant that … more →

Tags: Abigail Thomas, books about dogs, Jean-Dominique Bauby, memoir locked-in syndrome, Memoir Review, memoir themes, memoirs about dogs, memoirs loss, memoirs marriage

Mining for Gold43 comments

Downith wrote 2 years ago: My assignment for the non-fiction writing course was due today. For awhile last week I had convinced … more →

Tags: I'm A Legal Alien, the M.A., We are experiencing technical difficulties, despised and rejected, I get by with a little help from my friends, kathryn harris, Abigail Thomas, Vivian Gornick, The Situation and the Story

What Ties Together Tu Scendi dalle Stella, Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, The Happiness Project, a Heifer Arc, and Abigail Thomas? Why it's the Master Connectors: WWWW1 comment

Words We Women Write wrote 2 years ago: Our writing group met at my house today. It was absolutely frigid outside, so we had to devour hot r … more →

Tags: memoir, Abigail Thomas, Fiddler on the Subway, Tu Scendi dalle Stella, The Happiness Project, The Reverb Project, The Drudge Report, The Story Corps Project NPR

MEMORY, FLORBETAPIR F 18, AND THE WILD BLANK YONDER2 comments

Words We Women Write wrote 2 years ago: “You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what m … more →

Tags: writing, memoir, Poetry, Memory, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Food and Drug Administration, alzheimer's disease, amyloid, eli lilly and company

Abigail Thomas, Peaches 'n Cream and a Surprise Guest5 comments

Words We Women Write wrote 2 years ago: “Life is too short to be in a hurry.” Thoreau Ah, retirement, the wisdom that comes with … more →

Tags: writing, Henry David Thoreau, Piano, Abigail Thomas, Round Table, banana bread, Prosecco, Prompts, Celebration

Resource: Thinking About Memoir5 comments

Lu wrote 2 years ago: I know, I know. This is a blog about fiction writing. Well, dammit, this is my blog, and I don … more →

Tags: memoir, Characters, writing exercises, Resources, Abigail Thomas

Whiny Wednesday...With a Twist8 comments

Life Without Baby wrote 2 years ago: When I first started this blog, Wednesday’s post was always Whiny Wednesday. It was fun for a while, … more →

Tags: Whiny Wednesdays, fun stuff, whine, Abigail Thomas

How We Spend Our Days: Abigail Thomas37 comments

cynthia wrote 3 years ago: Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On t … more →

Tags: How We Spend Our Days, A Three Dog Life, An Actual Life, Getting Over Tom, Herb's Pajamas, Lily, Pearl Paints, Safekeeping

how we got here from there21 comments

cynthia wrote 3 years ago: I don’t write memoir. But I like the way Abigail Thomas writes, the way she tells the truth. … more →

Tags: Shapes, Craft of Writing, memoir, Memory, Reviews, Details, Three Dog Life

apropos7 comments

cynthia wrote 4 years ago: Some of you may have noticed that on the Reading List page, I’ve been adding how I chose the b … more →

Tags: Craft of Writing, memoir, accumulation, Reading

some people buy shoes (a prequel)29 comments

cynthia wrote 4 years ago: my latest purchases I buy books. I used to feel guilty that I didn’t use the library, but no l … more →

Tags: accumulation, Sirenland, April & Oliver, The Last Supper

Raymond Carver on Insight

Tim Elhajj wrote 4 years ago: What good is insight? It only makes things worse. -Raymond Carver. I found this lovely Carver quote … more →

Tags: writing, Abigail Thomas, Insight, Ray Carver

Robbed2 comments

kathyrhodes wrote 5 years ago: Sarah found a handy and helpful book titled Thinking About Memoir and suggested we do writing prompt … more →

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