A Workshop With Stakes: Sharing Your Memoir With Your Family
The author chose to share her memoir draft with family and friends and face their varied reactions to her recollection of the past—reactions which ultimately made the book richer.
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Ten Questions for Maud Newton
“I have dogs who get me outside on walks every day, but otherwise I generally feel like I should be writing whenever I’m not.” —Maud Newton, author of Ancestor Trouble
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The Fully Fact-Checked Memoir: Backing Up Facts, Standing Behind Truth
While editing her memoir about the history and methodology of mental health diagnoses, the author gains a new respect for fact-checking and more confidence in her book.
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Ten Questions for Edgar Gomez
“Make it so good they can’t reject it.” —Edgar Gomez, author of High-Risk Homosexual
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5 Over 50: 2021
In this online supplement to our annual print feature celebrating debut authors over the age of fifty, Jeffrey J. Higa, Ursula Pike, Megan Culhane Galbraith, Michael Kleber-Diggs, and Vinod Busjeet share excerpts from their first books.
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Agent Advice: Jade Wong-Baxter of Frances Goldin Literary Agency
The agent representing Chris Belcher, Kate Broad, Delia Cai, Duy Doan, and others offers advice about working with a coauthor, changing a memoir to fiction, why agents don’t consider previously published work, and how to become an agent.
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The Field of Stories: A Q&A With Joy Harjo
In a new memoir, Poet Warrior, published by W. W. Norton in September, U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo travels the roads, rivers, and rhythms of her life, taking readers on a journey across generations.
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Ten Questions for Akwaeke Emezi
“Having to insist on that center and refuse, over and over again, to compromise the work in service of a white gaze was one of the most brutal experiences of my career.” —Akwaeke Emezi, author of Dear Senthuran
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Ten Questions for Quiara Alegría Hudes
“Writers cannot afford the luxury of emotional numbness nor protective armor.” —Quiara Alegría Hudes, author of My Broken Language
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Ten Questions for Jana Larson
“I can’t imagine myself without this book.” —Jana Larson, author of Reel Bay
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