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Who is the Woman You Most Admire? Women’s History Month and Memoir

by Matilda ButlerMarch 16, 2011
Who is the Woman You Most Admire? Women’s History Month and MemoirWho is the Woman You Most Admire? Women’s History Month and Memoir

Who is the woman you most admire? As part of our series featuring Women’s History Month, Women’s Memoirs publishes one woman’s remembrance of her answer to that question when she was an eighth grader.

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Memoir Book Review: Wheels of Change by Sue Macy

by Matilda ButlerMarch 2, 2011
Memoir Book Review: Wheels of Change by Sue MacyMemoir Book Review: Wheels of Change by Sue Macy

A look at National Geographics new book by Sue Macy: Wheels of Change. See how much information can be presented in a fascinating way.

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Memoir Book Review: An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days by Susan Wittig Albert

by Amber Lea StarfireFebruary 16, 2011
Memoir Book Review: An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days by Susan Wittig Albert

Our regular blogger covering journaling, Amber Lea Starfire, reviews the 2008 journal kept by author Susan Wittig Albert that has just been released as a memoir entitled: An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days. She comes away with some surprising insights.

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Memoir Book Review: Land of the Dancing Deer by Jamuna Devi Advani

by Matilda ButlerFebruary 9, 2011
Memoir Book Review: Land of the Dancing Deer by Jamuna Devi Advani

Although most memoirs are narrative prose, author Jamuna Devi Advani has just published her first memoir as a series of poems in the volume Land of the Dancing Deer: Reflections and Memories.

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Memoir Book Review: Azar Nafisi’s Things I’ve Been Silent About — Reviewed by Diana Y. Paul

by Matilda ButlerFebruary 2, 2011
Memoir Book Review: Azar Nafisi’s Things I’ve Been Silent About — Reviewed by Diana Y. Paul

Post #77 – Women’s Memoirs, Book & Video Raves – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler Memoir Book Review of Things I’ve Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi Reviewed by Diana Y. Paul In the prologue to her memoir Things I’ve Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter, the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: […]

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Memoir Book Review: Jennifer Finney Boylan’s She’s Not There — Reviewed by Tracy Kauffman-Wood

by Tracy Kauffman WoodJanuary 26, 2011
Memoir Book Review: Jennifer Finney Boylan’s She’s Not There — Reviewed by Tracy Kauffman-Wood

Tracy Kauffman Wood, in her review of Jennifer Finney Boylan’s memoir She’s Not There, helps memoir writers see how writing about a life secret can help others better understand how to handle their own secrets.

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Memoir Book Review: Tales from the Pager Chronicles, Volume 2

by Matilda ButlerJanuary 19, 2011
Memoir Book Review: Tales from the Pager Chronicles, Volume 2

Memoir Book Review: Patrice Rancour’s second volume in her Pager Chronicles series uses a clever device to organize the stories in this memoir of her professional career.

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