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		<title>Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To learn about memoirs, I have been reading them, and the more I read the more I learn not just about the literary form but about life itself. Here is a list of the many benefits I've been finding. While most of the books I've read provide multiple benefits, under each heading I offer a few examples that best represent that particular point. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview With The Man Who Couldn&#8217;t Eat, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I understood what event would comprise the end of the story, I also acknowledged that the event marked the one-year anniversary from the inciting incident at the beginning of the story. The narrative would encompass the natural closure of a 12-month calendar, and I felt that it therefore demanded an appropriate measure of closure to the physical, emotional, psychological, personal and dietary issues that had characterized my experience and my relationships with the principals in the story.  <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-jon-reiner-pt2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview Jon Reiner, The Man Who Couldn&#8217;t Eat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fiction provides the writer with the devices to draw from reality with less likelihood of causing personal damage, or at least provides the camouflage that enables eventual repair. You can write fiction with greater freedom, unburdened by the conflict inherent in telling a true personal story. The memoir forces you to stand naked. Mining one’s life for material is impossibly tempting, because that material is so available, like it’s been delivered expressly for your use, but I still wanted to have a wife and friends after the book was published. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-jon-reiner-pt1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Reasons I Loved Man Who Couldn&#8217;t Eat, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started submitting pieces of my own memoir to critique groups, I realized with rising horror that the protagonist I was describing had been a jerk. That was the first time the thought had occurred to me. Before then, I always wanted to think of myself as the good guy in the room. Writing the memoir showed me that I behaved poorly, just like people I mentally criticize. I'm one of them! Ultimately, I realized that dropping this pretense of perfection is one of the most important reasons for writing the memoir. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/reiner-memoir-pt2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Reasons to Read a Memoir About a Man Who Couldn&#8217;t Eat</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/reiner-memoir-pt1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Reiner's ending is superb and inspiring. He teaches thoughtful lessons and leaves me with the sense that he is a better person than he was at the beginning. When he makes sense of his life, I feel a surge of hope that others can do the same. Good denouements lead to enthusiastic book recommendations. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/reiner-memoir-pt1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mom of Troubled Teens Tells Her Side of the Story</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/gwartney-memoir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A parent suffering through the rebellion of a child is an important, under-reported facet of family life. Most kids rebel to some extent, and despite all the suffering and confusion that parents must feel, most of the social attention to the matter is limited to half measures and shared confusion. "Live Through This" provides a parent's eye view of an emotional wrenching experience, as these girls hurl back in their mother's face the life she was trying to build for them.   <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/gwartney-memoir/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When is a memoir by a celebrity not a celebrity memoir?</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-memoir-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andre Agassi was one of the greatest tennis players of all time, and he was married to supermodel Brooke Shields. So it would be natural to expect his memoir, "Open," to be just another celebrity memoir, taking a free ride on his household name. But Agassi's memoir was not a vapid look at the privileged life of a star. Instead the tennis player and his ghost-writer J.R. Moehringer, author of the memoir "Tender Bar," converted a lifetime into a good story, filled with emotional insight.
 <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-memoir-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Use this memoir as a study guide: lessons 1 to 3</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-study-guide-lessons-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Her journey to help her son enter the game of life abounds with courage, psychological sleuthing, and love. It is a warm coming of age story of two people: Jeremy's development into childhood, and his mother's maturity as the shepherd of her son. I learned so much from reading the book that I think it would make an excellent self-study or teacher-led training manual for memoir writers. In this and the following posts, I share 20 lessons I learned from the book, and offer suggestions about how you can apply these ideas to your own memoir. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-study-guide-lessons-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Healing With Words, Hers and Yours</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/healing-with-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once you have written in your journal, you may desire to publish your story or you may not. Many aspiring memoir writers ask "why should I write my story?" While there are many reasons to consider, one factor to take into account is the value your story might have for other people. Consider the support  that Raab has shared with her readers, and then consider offering your own. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/healing-with-words/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Memoirs Show Two Sides of the Islamic Revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Their goal was to overthrow Westernized governments and create the kind of world God intended, one all-encompassing Islamic state. At first, Husain's loyalty was torn between his parents and his new friends. Gradually he aligned with his activist peers, fighting against Western values such as freedom and democracy. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoirs-show-two-sides-of-the-islamic-revolution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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