Comments on: Barack Obama’s memoir ends with a homecoming http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/barack-obamas-memoir-ends-with-a-homecoming/ Hundreds of Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/barack-obamas-memoir-ends-with-a-homecoming/comment-page-1/#comment-2291 jerrywaxler Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:07:14 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=35#comment-2291 Thank you so much for your kind assessment of my essays and book reviews. Your comment comes more than a year and a half after I wrote my material, which makes me happy to see that it still has value for you, and also because when I wrote it, I did not know we would have come this far to see Obama as the president elect. I too found his explanation of his life rewarding, and felt a great empathy and respect for the coming of age that brought Obama on a journey of self-discovery. Jerry Thank you so much for your kind assessment of my essays and book reviews. Your comment comes more than a year and a half after I wrote my material, which makes me happy to see that it still has value for you, and also because when I wrote it, I did not know we would have come this far to see Obama as the president elect. I too found his explanation of his life rewarding, and felt a great empathy and respect for the coming of age that brought Obama on a journey of self-discovery.

Jerry

]]> By: Linda Joy Myers http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/barack-obamas-memoir-ends-with-a-homecoming/comment-page-1/#comment-2290 Linda Joy Myers Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:47:04 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=35#comment-2290 Dear Jerry, I have been scrolling from one review to another on your site, unable to stop reading. Your style is engaging and warm, and you draw me into what i guess you would call essays by your personal examples and sharing how you feel and think. I see that you pay attention to the various forms and styles that writers use to convey their experience, such as story form vs. essay, which reminds us all to pay more attention to how we are shaping our writing. I don't know when you wrote the review of Obama's book, but now it has an even deeper meaning to us as a country. It is important to understand his roots, and to read the words that were written long before he probably even thought of being president. This book was the reason I became interested in him as a candidate, and I thought the end of the book was one of the most beautiful passages of stream of consciousness writing I have read in a long time. Dear Jerry,
I have been scrolling from one review to another on your site, unable to stop reading. Your style is engaging and warm, and you draw me into what i guess you would call essays by your personal examples and sharing how you feel and think. I see that you pay attention to the various forms and styles that writers use to convey their experience, such as story form vs. essay, which reminds us all to pay more attention to how we are shaping our writing.
I don’t know when you wrote the review of Obama’s book, but now it has an even deeper meaning to us as a country. It is important to understand his roots, and to read the words that were written long before he probably even thought of being president. This book was the reason I became interested in him as a candidate, and I thought the end of the book was one of the most beautiful passages of stream of consciousness writing I have read in a long time.

]]> By: jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/barack-obamas-memoir-ends-with-a-homecoming/comment-page-1/#comment-121 jerrywaxler Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:10:44 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=35#comment-121 Hi QuoinMonkey, Thanks for your comment. It was great visiting your blogging community, http://redravine.wordpress.com/. I have added it to my blogroll. It's so intriguing to be able to reach across geographical distance and find like minded people out in the internet space. Creating a community at a distance seems to me to be the most exciting new aspect of the 21st century, and I'm glad to be experiencing it with you and other writers. We all have stories to tell. Blogs give us the space and the opportunity to tell them. Happy blogging, writing, and community building! Jerry Hi QuoinMonkey,

Thanks for your comment. It was great visiting your blogging community, http://redravine.wordpress.com/. I have added it to my blogroll. It’s so intriguing to be able to reach across geographical distance and find like minded people out in the internet space. Creating a community at a distance seems to me to be the most exciting new aspect of the 21st century, and I’m glad to be experiencing it with you and other writers. We all have stories to tell. Blogs give us the space and the opportunity to tell them. Happy blogging, writing, and community building!

Jerry

]]> By: QuoinMonkey http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/barack-obamas-memoir-ends-with-a-homecoming/comment-page-1/#comment-118 QuoinMonkey Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:42:30 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=35#comment-118 "memoir mixed with an essay, into a strictly story telling style" This observation intrigues me. Your review made me want to read the book. Homecoming - I was just in Georgia doing research on my own memoir. And I saw people I had not seen in 40 years. It felt like a homecoming in so many ways. And all connected to memory. Thanks for sharing the pieces of your Ellis Island history. It's fascinating what it means to each of us to be able to go home again. Saw your site on The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing. We are a writing community and practice blog, red Ravine. “memoir mixed with an essay, into a strictly story telling style”

This observation intrigues me. Your review made me want to read the book.

Homecoming – I was just in Georgia doing research on my own memoir. And I saw people I had not seen in 40 years. It felt like a homecoming in so many ways. And all connected to memory.

Thanks for sharing the pieces of your Ellis Island history. It’s fascinating what it means to each of us to be able to go home again.

Saw your site on The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing. We are a writing community and practice blog, red Ravine.

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