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A Brief History of Memoir-Bashing

It's almost as old as the memoir itself.

Ben Yagoda | MEMOIR WEEK | Friday, March 30, 2007, at 5:43 PM

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For Whom the Memoir Tolls

How to write about the dead.

Allen Shawn | MEMOIR WEEK | Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 1:51 PM

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Collateral Damage

How I lost a friend and ex-lover by writing about him.

Edmund White | MEMOIR WEEK | Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 7:39 AM

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Just Screw It

How I told my family I was writing about our feud over the Sweet'N Low fortune.

Rich Cohen | MEMOIR WEEK | Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 7:39 AM

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Momma's Boy

How I wrote a memoir about the mother I once hated.

John Dickerson | MEMOIR WEEK | Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at 2:26 PM

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Inside Autism

What two memoirs can tell us about the disease du jour.

Ann Hulbert | MEMOIR WEEK | Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at 1:16 PM

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Ivory-Tower Ambassador

The studying, and selling, of America.

Christopher Benfey | MEMOIR WEEK | Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at 11:02 AM

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In a Land Far, Far Away

How I wrote a memoir about my father.

Danielle Trussoni | MEMOIR WEEK | Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at 7:39 AM

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Publish, Then Flee

How to tell your family you're writing about them.

Sean Wilsey | MEMOIR WEEK | Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at 7:36 AM

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Road to Nowhere

My life as a victim of Hurricane Katrina and the ineffectual Road Home program.

Blake Bailey | MEMOIR WEEK | Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at 4:10 PM

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When Irish Tongues Are Talking

How I told my colleagues, family, and former countrymen I was writing about them.

Frank McCourt | MEMOIR WEEK | Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at 3:21 PM

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All About Me?

The state of the modern memoir.

MEMOIR WEEK | Friday, March 30, 2007, at 1:05 PM

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The Woman Warrior at 30

Maxine Hong Kingston's secrets and lies.

Jess Row | MEMOIR WEEK | Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at 10:35 AM

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The Liar's Club

How I told my friends I was writing about my childhood—and what they said in return.

Mary Karr | MEMOIR WEEK | Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at 7:30 AM

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What the Little Old Ladies Feel

How I told my mother about my memoir.

Alison Bechdel | MEMOIR WEEK | Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at 7:30 AM

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Memoir Week

It's almost as old as the memoir itself.

How to write about the dead.

How I lost a friend and ex-lover by writing about him.

How I told my family I was writing about our feud over the Sweet'N Low fortune.

How I wrote a memoir about the mother I once hated.

What two memoirs can tell us about the disease du jour.

The studying, and selling, of America.

How I wrote a memoir about my father.

How to tell your family you're writing about them.

My life as a victim of Hurricane Katrina and the ineffectual Road Home program.

How I told my colleagues, family, and former countrymen I was writing about them.

The state of the modern memoir.

Maxine Hong Kingston's secrets and lies.

How I told my friends I was writing about my childhood—and what they said in return.

How I told my mother about my memoir.

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