• January 2018
    In reference to your remark: "To write memoir with conviction, you must at least be certain of your own truth." I must disagree. I have been writing memoir for many years, have published many essays and articles, a book (memoir) in June of this...
  • January 2018
    Memory is tricky. All you have to do is talk to a brother or sister about your memories of home to see how two people in the same household can have extremely different memories of the events there. Like you, this makes me question whether what I...
  • An article by Reyna Marder Gentin was featured
    December 2017
    It may be stating the obvious, but when you write memoir, you become a slave to your recollections. The story you’re telling isn’t necessarily “true” in any empirical sense. It’s true only in that it’s how you...
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  • November 2017
    I love your piece, and can't wait for the moment you describe -- although I envision a bunch more anxiety coming with it! I am a fall 2018 SWP author, and on a steep learning curve. I didn't realize we would get the ARCs. Does the publicist send...

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