Hi friends. This letter will be brief because I have a panel at a literary festival today, because we are doing literary festivals again, in person, either “forever” or “while we can” — we will see. I am doing a panel on memoir, which is the first panel I have ever done on memoir, and probably will be the last, because I have a feeling I will just slide back into the fictional world soon enough. (A novelist who wrote a memoir, not the other way around.) But anyway, today, I will share some thoughts
Jami - You're going to be awesome. Wish I could be there to hear you speak. Thanks for the interview with Jamaica Kincaid. She came to speak to my writing class when I was in college. She talked a lot about how she felt guilty for even discussing her work because her mother was in a hotel room just off of campus and was afraid it would get back to her. That image has always stuck with me. Regardless or because of her demons, she makes it work.
Jami - You're going to be awesome. Wish I could be there to hear you speak. Thanks for the interview with Jamaica Kincaid. She came to speak to my writing class when I was in college. She talked a lot about how she felt guilty for even discussing her work because her mother was in a hotel room just off of campus and was afraid it would get back to her. That image has always stuck with me. Regardless or because of her demons, she makes it work.
Have fun today,
L