professor | The Memoir Revolution

Addiction, Creative Nonfiction, death, Grief, memoir, Montgomery county community college, Philadelphia Writers Conference, professor, umass, Waxler, workshop

Then it was my job to turn the audience’s attention back to their own goals. I realized there wasn’t enough time to conduct a real workshop, but in the small amount of time available, I wanted to convince everyone that the problems of writing a memoir are solvable. “When you look back through your memories,…

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Jerry Waxler

June 1, 2010

Interview about the relationship between literature and life

Author Interview, Literary Non-fiction, Literary Publication

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Literature can teach us important lessons about life; it can give us strength, as you suggest. When we read good literature, we realize we are not alone. We learn about empathy, about ourselves and about others. As the story unfolds, our own lives unfold. We see ourselves and others, understand the complexity of human character,…

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Jerry Waxler

May 25, 2010

Interview with Robert Waxler, English Professor and memoir author, Part 1

Author Interview, Family, Journaling

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I started writing in a notebook right away, not because I was thinking about publishing a book, but because I knew that writing itself would be helpful for me, and I wanted a record of the experience and my thoughts about the experience. I wrote as the events unfolded, and I had no clear idea,…

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Jerry Waxler

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Revealing Death and Other Courageous Acts of Life

Interview about the relationship between literature and life

Interview with Robert Waxler, English Professor and memoir author, Part 1