Author of the WeekSalvation in a bottleMary Karr comes clean in a riveting third memoirShe may be 20 years sober and a Catholic convert, but don’t get the wrong impression—Mary Karr is no “candy-ass” (her word). She’s still the tough, scrappy outlaw that readers were introduced to in her first memoir, The Liars’ Club.
When it was published in 1995, The Liars’ Club offered a searing portrait of Karr’s hardscrabble Texas childhood that raised the art of the memoir to a new level and brought about a revival of the genre. In her follow-up, Cherry, she recalled the wild ride of her adolescence and her sexual coming-of-age. Her…
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Advice worth takingAuthor ForumIn this feature exclusive to BookPage.com, each month, four authors are asked a question about the craft of writing to give readers an insight into how their favorite writers think and work. For October's author forum, BookPage brought together Madison Smartt Bell, Jordan Dane, Rick Mofina and Annie Solomon to ask: What was the best piece of writing advice you ever… Read More… |
