Comments for Memory Writers Network http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog Hundreds of Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs Wed, 16 May 2012 03:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs by Renee R http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/comment-page-1/#comment-19744 Renee R Wed, 16 May 2012 03:25:45 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/#comment-19744 You've outlined such compelling reasons to read memoir, my favorite genre! And the book lists, among my favorites too! Well done. I'll be back. -Renee You’ve outlined such compelling reasons to read memoir, my favorite genre! And the book lists, among my favorites too! Well done. I’ll be back. -Renee

]]> Comment on Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs by jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/comment-page-1/#comment-19716 jerrywaxler Sat, 12 May 2012 20:43:34 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/#comment-19716 Hi Shirley, Thanks so much for your kind words and for discovering the joys of reflecting on memoirs. The more you think about them, the deeper the lessons. Jerry Hi Shirley, Thanks so much for your kind words and for discovering the joys of reflecting on memoirs. The more you think about them, the deeper the lessons. Jerry

]]> Comment on Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs by Shirley http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/comment-page-1/#comment-19715 Shirley Sat, 12 May 2012 18:13:05 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/#comment-19715 Hi Jerry, What a great post. I hope many readers will find it helpful to have you as their knowledgeable guide. You have inspired me to do something similar with the many reviews I have on my own site. Thanks for the inspiration on both counts! Shirley Hi Jerry,

What a great post. I hope many readers will find it helpful to have you as their knowledgeable guide. You have inspired me to do something similar with the many reviews I have on my own site. Thanks for the inspiration on both
counts!

Shirley

]]> Comment on Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs by jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/comment-page-1/#comment-19659 jerrywaxler Wed, 09 May 2012 13:26:17 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/#comment-19659 Yes!! I love doing writing reviews because it forces me to drink deep from each one, and I actually feel a loss if I finish a memoir and don't take the time to write about it. Taken together, memoirs are like an encyclopedia of human nature. Yes!! I love doing writing reviews because it forces me to drink deep from each one, and I actually feel a loss if I finish a memoir and don’t take the time to write about it. Taken together, memoirs are like an encyclopedia of human nature.

]]> Comment on Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs by Sharon Lippincott http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/comment-page-1/#comment-19657 Sharon Lippincott Wed, 09 May 2012 11:38:34 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/#comment-19657 Maybe your next post should be about the value of writing your own thoughts about each book you read, whether as a formal review or casual notes. I have not read as many memoirs as you or Shirley Showalter, but I've read a pile. The only ones I clearly remember are the ones I reviewed or at least made notes on. What I wouldn't give for the "class notes" you have to refer back to! Maybe your next post should be about the value of writing your own thoughts about each book you read, whether as a formal review or casual notes. I have not read as many memoirs as you or Shirley Showalter, but I’ve read a pile. The only ones I clearly remember are the ones I reviewed or at least made notes on. What I wouldn’t give for the “class notes” you have to refer back to!

]]> Comment on Alice Sebold’s Lucky, a searing memoir of trauma by Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs | Memory Writers Network http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/alice-sebolds-lucky-a-searing-memoir-of-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-19641 Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs | Memory Writers Network Tue, 08 May 2012 11:18:53 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/alice-sebolds-lucky-a-searing-memoir-of-trauma/#comment-19641 [...] Lucky by Alice Sebold: A girl is brutally raped in college and must go on a journey of self-discovery, making sense of her life after trauma. [...] [...] Lucky by Alice Sebold: A girl is brutally raped in college and must go on a journey of self-discovery, making sense of her life after trauma. [...]

]]> Comment on Ten Reasons to Read a Memoir About a Man Who Couldn’t Eat by Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs | Memory Writers Network http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/reiner-memoir-pt1/comment-page-1/#comment-19640 Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs | Memory Writers Network Tue, 08 May 2012 11:18:38 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1424#comment-19640 [...] interviewer The Sound of No Hands Clapping by Toby Young: Shares the world of an ambitious writer The Man Who Couldn’t Eat by Jon Reiner: offers wisdom about physical illness Girl Bomb by Janice Erlbaum: A runaway teen lives in the [...] [...] interviewer The Sound of No Hands Clapping by Toby Young: Shares the world of an ambitious writer The Man Who Couldn’t Eat by Jon Reiner: offers wisdom about physical illness Girl Bomb by Janice Erlbaum: A runaway teen lives in the [...]

]]> Comment on Iranian in America makes love and laughter by Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs | Memory Writers Network http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/iranian-in-america-makes-love-and-laughter/comment-page-1/#comment-19639 Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs | Memory Writers Network Tue, 08 May 2012 11:17:33 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/iranian-in-america-makes-love-and-laughter/#comment-19639 [...] and discovers that western culture holds the antidote to the injustice she suffered at home. Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas: An Iranian child grows up trying to adapt to the American [...] [...] and discovers that western culture holds the antidote to the injustice she suffered at home. Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas: An Iranian child grows up trying to adapt to the American [...]

]]> Comment on Fame, laughter, and self discovery: a review of the memoir The Sound No Hands Clapping by Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs | Memory Writers Network http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fame-laughter-and-self-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-19638 Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs | Memory Writers Network Tue, 08 May 2012 11:17:18 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fame-laughter-and-self-discovery/#comment-19638 [...] about me by Jancee Dunn: Enters the world of a young celebrity interviewer The Sound of No Hands Clapping by Toby Young: Shares the world of an ambitious writer The Man Who Couldn’t Eat by Jon Reiner: offers wisdom [...] [...] about me by Jancee Dunn: Enters the world of a young celebrity interviewer The Sound of No Hands Clapping by Toby Young: Shares the world of an ambitious writer The Man Who Couldn’t Eat by Jon Reiner: offers wisdom [...]

]]> Comment on Interview with Diana Raab about Healing With Words: A Writer’s Cancer Journey by Harnessing the Power of Words to Help Us Heal | Heal Now, Love Now http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-diana-raab/comment-page-1/#comment-19605 Harnessing the Power of Words to Help Us Heal | Heal Now, Love Now Sun, 06 May 2012 02:29:40 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=904#comment-19605 [...] diagnosed with cancer, her surgeon prodded her to write in her journal.  In  Jerry Waxler’s Interview with Diana Raab about Healing With Words: A Writer’s Cancer Journey, Diana shares her experiences with journaling.  She narrates: “My mother gave me my first [...] [...] diagnosed with cancer, her surgeon prodded her to write in her journal.  In  Jerry Waxler’s Interview with Diana Raab about Healing With Words: A Writer’s Cancer Journey, Diana shares her experiences with journaling.  She narrates: “My mother gave me my first [...]

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