The Transformation of Memoir, Part I

I’ve been thinking a lot about the process of writing memoir and how it transforms you.  Over the next few weeks, I want to a share few ways that writing my memoir has changed me, with the hope that you might find something of value for your own work. SOME...

Why read black authors

Why read memoirs by Black authors?  I received this question from a fellow writer a few days ago. My first reaction was, are you kidding?  Then I remembered the wisdom of a dear writing friend: Check yourself, she said. She may not know.  The question came from a...

Close Reading as Spiritual Practice

You’ve probably seen and/or downloaded some of the anti-racist reading lists circulating on the Internet. White Fragility and How to Be an Anti-Racist are a few books that are on my nightstand now. If for some reason you haven’t laid eyes on any of these lists and...

The Time to Write is Always Now

It looks like this strange state we find ourselves in will continue for some time. The social distancing.  The masks.   The zoom chats. Most of us will be at home for the foreseeable future.   How can you create space inside this new reality? How do you make room for...

Things That Help

I want to share a few things that are helping me through the endless days of going nowhere, but first I feel compelled to disclose that it’s not all rainbows and unicorns over here. As I’ve been trying to convince my students and clients, you...
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