Comments on: Barack Obama’s memoir ends with a homecoming http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/barack-obamas-memoir-ends-with-a-homecoming/ 140 Essays to Help You Read and Write Memoirs by Jerry Waxler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:51:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/barack-obamas-memoir-ends-with-a-homecoming/#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-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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