Like many, I had been hotly anticipating Cheryl Strayed’s memoir WILD, about her solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. I had been so hotly anticipating it, and reading so much about the hottness of others’ anticipation, that I got a little worried. How could it live up? And there were points in the first, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Memoir’
WILD: The Journeys of Our Youth
Posted in backpacking, memoir, memory lane, solo women traveling, travel, travel writing, tagged backpacking, Cheryl Strayed, Memoir, solo women traveling, WILD on March 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Talking to Lisa Carver
Posted in memoir, memory lane, Uncategorized, tagged dissociative identity disorder, incest scene, Lisa Carver, Memoir, Rollerderby, substance abuse, The Rumpus on February 19, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I recently interviewed Lisa Carver for The Rumpus. We talked on the phone for two hours about her new book __________, which includes paintings she did as part of a memory-reclaiming process that led her to recall the torture, exploitation, and sexual abuse she lived through as a child. It’s a strange, heartbreaking, beautiful, raw, [...]
Christmas with Marie Calloway
Posted in fiction, memoir, writing process, tagged Alexander Maksik, Kate Zambreno, Marie Calloway, Memoir, Muumuu House, Roxane Gay, sex on December 27, 2011 | 33 Comments »
Orchestrating capital C Christmas for two kids takes a lot of labor and attention, but throughout the wrapping, unwrapping, cooking, and cleaning, I’ve been distracted by the story “Adrian Brody” and by the reactions it’s provoked. Won’t you join me in my obsession? You can read the story here, at Muumuu House. I recommend you [...]
