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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #9: Lucy Sante
"The truth is always more interesting than the stories we make up to disguise it. And as they say, the truth will set you free."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #8: Cait West
"I learned the hard way that I need extra time and support to write through past events that are still affecting me."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #7: Jami Nakamura Lin
"The pieces that are the hardest to write, that feel like you’re bashing your head against a brick wall, can break open into something you never thought…
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #6: Annabelle Tometich
"To understand my mother, I first had to understand myself and the tangled roots from which I grew."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #5: Molly Roden Winter
"I tried to put the idea of writing a book out of my mind. But the idea just wouldn’t go away—and the 'obstacles' began dropping like flies."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #4: Margaret Juhae Lee
"I knew I had the story of a lifetime in my grandfather’s story. It just took me awhile to understand how to write it."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #3: Leslie Jamison
"I always conceived of this as a book about simultaneity—the way life is often pointed a few ways at once; in this case, toward love and toward grief."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #2: Lyz Lenz
"There is so much in the world that uses fear to silence you. Don’t comply. Don’t capitulate to the forces that would rather have you hide."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #1: Stephanie Land
"Like any person who wants a career in writing, I first had to figure out what that meant. How did people actually get paid? How did they get book…
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