This isn’t a recovery story. It’s about what’s left for the kids who didn’t win, who loved someone who didn’t make it. We deserve to stop carrying the blame.
Tag: Mary Karr
Baptism by Floundering
From the edge of a boardwalk, o’er the Canal, where a new Barbie rod caught its first & last fish before being abandoned forevermore. (Cue the melodrama.)
Memoir Musings: the Power of Second Person POV
Welcome to my TED talk; today, we journey into the dynamic, and largely maligned, second-person POV. (With a brief writing sample!)
Mary Karr’s Magic: How The Art of Memoir Unlocked My Soul
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.
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.
Best Advice from Mary Karr, Writer Extraordinaire
The best advice from Mary Karr, which she gives in her book, The Art of Memoir.