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The Part That Burns
What do you remember? What do you choose to forget? Author Jeannine Ouellette describes The Part That Burns as “a memoir in fragments.” That’s an accurate assessment of the way memory works. (Think back on your own childhood. Do you remember the scenes that had an emotional impact […]
Categories: Memoir and Autobiography, Nonfiction
Tags: Family relations, Good Books, Review of the Month
Tags: Family relations, Good Books, Review of the Month
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Memoir and Autobiography
Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku
Three Simple Lines is about writer Natalie Goldberg’s reading and writing of haiku as well as her travel to Japan to follow in the footsteps of the masters. Many years ago, Allen Ginsberg taught her that there were four great Japanese haiku writers: Basho, Buson, Issa and Shiki. […]
The Long Tail of Trauma
Elizabeth Wilcox has written a stunning new memoir that traces three generations of mother-daughter trauma in her family. The principal characters are the author; her mother, Barbara; Barbara’s mother, Violet; and Violet’s mother, Anna. While the book is memoir that includes scenes and conversations with Barbara and other […]
