Excellent, thorough review.
Mary Karr’s newly released The Art of Memoir couldn’t have arrived at a better time for me.
As bestselling author of The Liar’s Club, Cherry and Lit, and teacher of the form for thirty years, I couldn’t wait to devour her latest creation.
Written for both the “wannabe memoirist” and “general reader”, Karr’s passion for the reading, writing and teaching of her craft bursts through the door of every chapter.
As she tells her students:
“Listen up. I’m a passionate, messy teacher. I give a rat’s ass, and my sole job is to help students fall in love with what I already worship, which means, I show you stuff I’ve read that I can’t live without.”
(An extensive list of all the memoirs she has both read and taught stretches over five pages at the back of the book and had me gawping in awe.)
And this is what…
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Thank you so much for reblogging on your site Margaret, so very kind of you!
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You are so welcome!!!
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It was an honor and a privilege 🙂 Great review!
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Lovely to see Sherri’s book review here too. 🙂
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She did a fabulous job reviewing the book!
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She sure did! 🙂
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great job
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