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May 4, 2012

Dear Memoir Writers,

It's May. Are you making your summer plans? You bet you are. And are you allotting time for your writing? Wait. Hold on, don't go clean your kitchen, or do anything equally foolish. Instead, let's see if I can inspire you to write.     
From The Memoir Project Blog
05-02-2012 09:45:44 AM

THE POWER OF MEMOIR is one of my favorite topics. I recently heard this one-minute radio essay that brilliantly argues about the positive aspects of my favorite genre. Please listen in. It's here....»

 

04-30-2012 13:41:59 PM

I'M TOO NICE about all this, aren't I? A great defender of memoir, I neglect to tell you just which books make me want to hurl just as much as they might make you want to hurl. No more. Something about a recent birthday changed all that. So let's have at it, shall we? Among [...]...»

 

04-27-2012 08:30:50 AM

WANT TO BE HEARD? Of course you do. My advice? Write an op-ed, one of those opposite-the-editorial-pages pieces that you read every day, learn from, and sometimes pass along to your friends and family. Writing one is easier than you think. Want to know how? Look at today's newspaper. It's the best teacher there is. [...]...»

 

04-26-2012 08:51:43 AM

NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I've read recently that might elicit some form of short memoir - an op-ed, or personal essay - from you. Once a week I'll bring you news pieces I find provocative. Here are some that get [...]...»

 


Just a Little About Me
I believe that everyone has a story to tell. The author of four books, my most recent is The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing--And Life, (Grand Central, 2011) an irreverent, quirky, provocative product of the countless memoir classes I've taught. Under the name Marion Roach, I wrote The Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning and Sexual Power of Red Hair, (Bloomsbury, 2005); Dead Reckoning (Simon & Schuster, 2001); and of Another Name for Madness, (Houghton Mifflin, 1985). A former staff member of The New York Times, I have written for NPR's All Things Considered, The New York Times Magazine, Prevention, The Daily News, Vogue, Newsday, Good Housekeeping, Martha Stewart Living, Discover and The Los Angeles Times.  

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Thanks so much for all your support for The Memoir Project. I hope to see you at one of my upcoming classes.
Sincerely,
Marion Roach Smith
The Memoir Project 
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