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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #85: Olga Khazan
"A few times people have asked me how they, too, can be funny. My advice would be to write with more specificity and to watch a lot of standup."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #84: Bernice L. McFadden
"Recently I heard a woman say that fear does not save you from dying, it keeps you from living. I feel the same way about writing one’s truth."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #83: Bridgett M. Davis
"This memoir explores the special bond of sisterhood, but also what it means to live and die as a Black woman in America—how the persistent effects of…
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #82: Katya Cengel
"There are two distinct voices in the book, that of me as a 9-year-old who decides on a self-destructive path, and me as an adult investigating the…
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #81: Casey Mulligan Walsh
"I learned that life rarely goes according to plan, but even in the most heartbreaking moments, there’s room for healing, peace, and unexpected joy."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #80: Rebe Huntman
"I began this memoir with three questions that were rich and deep enough to sustain me over the years it took to turn them over in the light that became…
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #79: Samra Zafar
"My story is unfortunately the story of millions of women around the world, and I had to do my part to make a difference. "
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #78: Nina Sharma
"Strangely, even though I write nonfiction, I have to think of myself as a character to get out of my own way and basically tell on myself."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #77: Megan Marshall
"The hardest part of this book for me was believing that my personal experience could be interesting to others. I’d always hidden behind my well-known…
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #76: Jeffrey Wade Gibbs
"Peril is a memoir exploring my father's suicide and its connection to the racial violence of south Georgia."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #75: Lola Kirke
"If what you write is authentic to you, you might lose people. But you will undoubtedly find yourself. Decide if you can handle that."
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #74: Susan Kiyo Ito
"A dozen years after I met my birth mother, I started an MFA program and began writing it down, but fictionally...After all, the core of my story was…
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