Our planet is in danger which makes us all aware of our frailty and vulnerability.
Writers are locating their stories on the frontlines of wildness. Connecting the self to the endangered planet.
A Memoir Excerpt by Tim Fuller
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Every human shares the fact of the body. But all our experiences are different. Sharing a story about our physical containers unleashes a host of emotions, unlike any other topic. Here, an excerpt from the memoir-in-progress of Elizabeth Fortescue whose writing goes there, to those sensitive places that reveal, and in some cases, can even heal, our deepest traumas. Walt Whitman "sang the body electric". Fortescue bravely shares/sings her most intimate "body tales".
Many writers and memoirists are turning their lenses away from the self and to the world at large, where crisis and critical situations overwhelm. To honor this shift and foci, Memoirabilia is linking to an essay and brilliant speech by the writer Amy King, on the Poetry Foundation website. Read it and be inspired...
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June 8
Talking About Dialogue
In praise of the literary retreat
GrowING In A GROUP
Writer, Meet Retreat.
“The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw truth, wants your suffering and darkness on the table, revels in a cutting mind that takes no prisoners...”
― Natalie Goldberg, Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
“Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity—a sacred thing.”
― Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
You suffer the blow, but you capitalize on the opportunity left in its wake.”
― Michael J. Fox, Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
“You never get second chances on first experiences.”
― Traci Ann, Authentic Sexy Truth: One Woman. One Truth. Lots of Brave.
“Whatever it takes to break your heart and wake you up is grace.”
― Mark Matousek, Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story