I saw my heartache in print; only, it wasn’t mine. These were the experiences of a 1960s family in Texas. Karr’s familial hurts merely echoed mine.
Category: Bookworm
From Science to Soul: The Grieving Brain’s Guide to Death
The Grieving Brain delves into the scientific and emotional aspects of grief. I cover intrusive thoughts, avoidance, counterfactual thinking, and rumination.
Why Love Hurts: The Brain!
A loved one’s absence isn’t a void; it’s a continuation of their presence. Their influence remains, shaping our lives as profoundly in their absence as their presence once did.
Navigating Grief: Unveiling the Science Behind Mourning
I feel like I’m beating a dead man to death. I wonder if what I’m doing is healthy. If writing this memoir prolongs my grief, how can I be healed by the end?
Navigating Political Divides: Strategies for Productive Dialogue
The first debate looms, like a mushroom cloud haunting our horizon. Hateful rhetoric already chokes my social media. It’s time we unite through dialogue.
Drowning in Memory: the Quest for Self-Knowledge
Mary Karr says you’re bound to drown a bit writing a memoir. She’s right. My once placid understanding of my history, of who I am and was, is constantly being dismantled. Imagine your core memories, the ones that shaped you, potentially being misremembered. Yeah, that could drown a bitch.
The Secret Language of Fear: It Didn’t Start With You
Until we reveal our unconscious behaviors, we’re likely to persist in repeating harmful patterns. To heal from our trauma, we have to know ourselves completely.
Writing Goodies: Favorite Descriptive Quotes from Novels
A few of my favorite descriptive quotes from books I’ve read over the years —
Best Advice from Mary Karr, Writer Extraordinaire
The best advice from Mary Karr, which she gives in her book, The Art of Memoir.
former American Apparel headhunter tells her story in new memoir
Not just an interesting subject, readers will discover Strip Tees is written with sass and heart by someone who knows how to tell a compelling story.