THE ART OF MEMOIR

Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karrs The Liars Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York T imes list. She followed with two other smash bestsellers: Cherry and Lit, which were critical hits as well.For thirty years Karr has also taught the form, winning teaching prizes at Syracuse. (The writing program there produced such acclaimed authors as Cheryl St rayed, Keith Gessen, and Koren Zailckas.) In The Art of Memoir, she synthesizes her expertise as professor and therapy patient, writ er and spi...[Read more]