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once my curated literature diary entries—more just memoir ruminations, a sprinkling of books. I love the intersection of high and low.
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I am tired of pretending people on Substack are writers (opens the original)
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When I teach nonfiction, I am a little cutting with my students. I am interested in nurturing their creative instincts, but not exactly their egos.“Why do you want to tell this story?” is a good leader for any piece of memoir nonfiction. But I think it lacks at the heart of what we really want to ask:“Why should the reader care about your story?”Because our stories matter! Because people matter! Because what happened was sad! Tragic! Traumatic! my students argue back.Yes, yes, I volley back my o
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