Think Phillip Lopate's - "Confessions of a Shusher" - PLEASE!
Just a thought in my day...
David W. Berner
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Question of the Day...
Is the personal essay becoming the "I've got something wrong with me" essay? Disease, abuse, death of a loved-one. I've got nothing against this. There is a place for it and some of the writing on these subjects is incredibly wonderful, heartfelt, and strong. But can't we write a couple of personal essays/memoirs that are NOT about the three Ds - death, disease, and dysfunction?
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I think this funny given your therapy joke yesterday. Well, my first thought to your question was: it sells. But I'm curious, what other memoir subject would you recommend? (Aside from that of a rookie teacher, that is!)
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