HeyJaredLife-writing Lab: Biography & Memoir 101
Memoir, biography, roman à clef: How do we best tell life stories--our own, or that of others? A deep-dive into the craft and ethics of life-writing from an experienced practitioner.
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Everyone out of the pool (opens the original)
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Once, long ago, I was part of a press pack. This is photographic evidence of me, age 28, on the ‘92 Clinton campaign trail, which I covered as a TV field producer. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8X
Not hamburgers (opens the original)
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Ten years ago this fall, Dutton published my book, Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald’s Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away. Getting to that stage was not an easy ride.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-
Rice’s Folly: DTLA’s World Trade Center, the Dames de Champagne, and the Tunnel to Nowhere (opens the original)
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The block-long World Trade Center in downtown Los Angeles is the backdrop of Karen Bass’ new campaign ad, which dropped this past weekend.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="786" src="ht
Honoring my brother's dying wish... (opens the original)
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On the unimaginably awful day the doctors told us my brother, James, had just two weeks to live, he shared his final wishes. This 474-page book that I just self-published is how I honored one of them: <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1329" src
My four corners of DTLA (opens the original)
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For over 22 years—partly out of comfort, partly out of inertia and largely because of a swimming pool—I’ve lived on the same four corners in downtown Los Angeles.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="816" src="https://substackcdn.co
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