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Roger Aplon:

rogeraplon@gmail.com

Judy Reeves:

jareeves@mac.com

Deborah Johnson

djohns12@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recommended:

Daniel Mendelsohn's review of Ben Yagoda's Memoir: A History in The New Yorker January 25, 2010

But Enough About Me

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Marion Winik's article, Los Angeles Times:

The Pitfalls of One's Recall

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Fascinating New York Times's Blog:

"The Memoir and Children's Privacy"

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A fine article about Obama's memoir:

A Window on the Potential Essayist in Chief

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Lisa Dale Norton's

Shimmering Images

A Handy Little Guide to Writing a Memoir

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My Favorite Blog:

Richard Gilbert's "Narrative"

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Michael Steinberg's Essay:

Finding the Inner Story in Memoirs and Personal Essays

 

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Musical-Group-on-a-Balcony-1622-largeIn September, from Pegasus Books: The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings." Excerpts.

Saddest Music is a finalist for Barnes & Noble's September "Discover" Award.

The first and second chapters of Saddest Music are being excerpted in the Fall 2010 Issue of The Missouri Review.

My latest Reader article is "Till Death Do Us Part. It's the Only Way We Will," the murder-suicide of Ginger Wolbers & Frank Bass.

My review for Agni Online of David Shields' Reality Hunger: A Manifesto: "Driving Cars in Clown Suits: David Shields Terrifies Novelists."

Two weeklong memoir-writing workshops in 2010: "Keep the Memoir Going" at The Loft, Minneapolis, MN, beginning August 16. "Writing the Memoir" at Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM, beginning October 10. Poets & Writers announcement.

August 1 - 7, I'll be a visiting writer at the Summer Residency MFA program, at Ashland University in Ohio.