Why Writing a Memoir is Like Making Kimchi

In Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner—also known as the indie-pop musician Japanese Breakfast—writes of her mother’s battle with terminal cancer and the caretaking process. The mother-daughter relationship is the beating pulse of this memoir, presented in all of its uncomfortable complexities. But if this relationship is the main melody, there are countermelodies and harmonies […] The post Why Writing a Memoir is Like Making Kimchi appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Matt Lucas memoir to Canongate

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Esquire Brings Back Satirical Magazine SPY to Make You Laugh, Not Cry, Over the Election

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Jim Broadbent writes graphic novel inspired by Bruegel

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[ The Guardian | 2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Betanews | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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