![]() ![]() More arresting and ultimately more helpful are the chapters where she grapples with the nature of memory and the approachability of truth.Īnyone who has ever had a that’s-not-the-way-it-happened conversation with a sibling knows that trying to recapture the simplest event can be exasperating. Anyone hoping to make some sense of a confounding past - and whose isn’t? - might very well be sharpening a chewable pencil or three.įor writers hoping to turn their experiences into a book, Karr offers a fistful of useful if familiar tips: summon sensory details, scribble letters to your characters, meditate, keep a reading journal. ![]() ![]() In a preface to her new book, “The Art of Memoir,” she notes that until rather recently, memoir was “an outsider’s art - the province of weirdos and saints, prime ministers and film stars.” Now, however, we live in a culture that craves personal narratives, even by non-boldface names, and we desire mightily to plumb our own troublesome depths. ![]()
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