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Memoir Notebook: Double I/Eye

By Anthony Connolly 4 Comments

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You’ll attempt in memoir to recall as best you can, but it’s not always possible. One possible avenue of resolving the memory folly is splitting the memoirist in two.

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Memoir Notebook: The Bright Orders

By Anthony Connolly 16 Comments

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By way of our Memoir Notebook, we want you to meander, get caught up, find yourself taken to places you hadn’t intended to go (but are so glad, in the end, that you went). Today, Wm. Anthony Connolly talks about ghosts and Olympia Café.

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, Blog, Memoir Notebook

Memoir Notebook: Folie a Deux — The Ghost in You

By Anthony Connolly 1 Comment

Memoir Notebook

By way of our Memoir Notebook, we want you to meander, get caught up, find yourself taken to places you hadn’t intended to go (but are so glad, in the end, that you went). You’ll get thoughts on aesthetics, craft, latest issues, tips and books to read. But it will feel like poetic narrative. And sometimes it will simply be poetic narrative.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook, Writing Life, Writing Tips

Memoir Notebook: Through the Hands of Strangers

By Anthony Connolly 6 Comments

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Our Memoir Notebook feature will give you thoughts on aesthetics and craft, but it will feel like poetic narrative. And sometimes it will simply be poetic narrative. Come away with us and Wm. Anthony Connolly to the beach, for a last bit of summer.

Filed Under: Blog, Creative Non-Fiction, Memoir Notebook

Memoir Notebook: The Secret Recipe

By Kathryn Neel 7 Comments

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In our Memoir Notebook feature, Kathryn Neel shares family memories of Uncle Sonny and the right way to make banana pudding.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook, Writing in Place

Nelson Mandela: Begun, Not Done

By Claire Haidar 12 Comments

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Nelson Mandela: what he started is not finished. I am thinking hard.

Filed Under: Blog, Memoir Notebook

Memoir Notebook: Elements of Style

By Anthony Connolly 6 Comments

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Memoir Notebook is a monthly column dedicated to longer creative non-fiction works. Today, Wm. Anthony Connolly is cutting onions. Or is he?

Filed Under: Blog, Creative Non-Fiction, Memoir Notebook, writer's group resources

Memoir Notebook: Iowa Creative Non-Fiction Conference

By Anthony Connolly 14 Comments

Memoir Cigarette

Memoir Notebook is a new monthly (sometimes more) column. Today, to the Iowa Creative Non-Fiction Conference. Or maybe to the blind man on the street.

Filed Under: Blog, Creative Non-Fiction, Memoir Notebook, Writer's Conferences, writer's group resources

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