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#memoir

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Prism & Pen

I have a habit of collecting memories. A few days ago, while organizing my bookshelf, I found a note I wrote to myself just before my college entrance exams. It was a short page, filled with emotions I can hardly touch anymore.
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Prism & Pen · A Gay Teen’s Silent Love for His Straight Best FriendBy Eki
#LGBTQ#Memoir#Gay
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Janice Harayda

A Great Story of a Good Hare Day That's Not Just for Easter: Chloe Dalton is a finalist for a major book award for her memoir "Raising Hare," which I write about at @medium.

More than a pleasure to read, Dalton's book shows you how to write about an animal in a way that brings it to life for readers in an essay or memoir.

#Books #Writing #Medium #Animals #Easter #Memoir

medium.com/lit-life/a-good-har

Lit Life · A Good Hare Day Like No Other - Lit Life - MediumBy Janice Harayda
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Angie Mangino

I've published my review of When The Bell Rings - Robert Gass' compelling memoir of his 27 years with the FDNY. From rookie to Battalion Chief, his stories capture the burning Bronx of the 70s and the emotional weight carried by those who face danger daily. A 5-star read that goes beyond heroics to reveal the human cost of rescue work.

#Memoir #Firefighters #NYCHistory #BookReview #FDNY
medium.com/@AngieMangino/when-

Medium · When The Bell Rings - Angie Mangino - MediumBy Angie Mangino
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RonSupportsYou

This week I am reading #NotDeadYetTheMemoir by Phil Collins. He wrote: "I was blindsided when, within two years of each other, Keith Moon and John Bonham died, both aged thirty-two. I worshipped them. I thought at the time, 'These guys are supposed to be around forever. They’re indestructible. They’re drummers.' — My name is Phil Collins and I’m a drummer, and I know I’m not indestructible. This is my story." #music #memoir #book

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Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏

Have any #baseball fans out there read Bill "Spaceman" Lee's memoir The Wrong Stuff? I'm only a chapter in, but my oh my its quotability is off the charts. (I doubt most of the stories ever happened. But that's not the point!)

As someone who mostly posts quotations or #RedSox related things, this book means my account could get a lot busier this weekend. You've been warned...

book cover for "The Wrong Stuff" by Bill Lee and Dick Lally. The pitcher/author is on the mound at a baseball stadium, wearing what appears to be a homemade spacesuit with an enormous backpack while he winds up to throw a pitch
#memoir#boston#spaceman
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g_alex_ylovestoread

Hello readers and writers!
I hope that this helps you. My comments are on, and I’d love any feedback you have to offer.

@bookstodon #writer #reader #memoir

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Purposeful Prose · Writing Your Memoir: Finding the ThemeIf you have written your memoir, are writing your memoir, or are contemplating the idea of writing your memoir, congratulations. Telling your story is a vulnerable undertaking, especially if this is your first foray into writing a book.The crux of a good memoir is in its storytelling. You, as the author, are responsible for fleshing out the people and events in your life as characters, reflections, and perceptions. Even before building up all of that, what is your foundation?Your readers are sel
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נאריש זשלאָב מענטש

"Whenever the #author and #playwright Samantha Ellis tries to define her heritage to people, she often finds them correcting her. “So many times I’ve said I’m an #Iraqi #Jew and been… told ‘you mean you’re mixed’ or ‘which parent is which?’ or just ‘how weird’,” she writes in her richly detailed #memoir, in which she explores the complex, centuries-old history of the Iraqi-#Jewish community and its vanishing language, #Judeo-Iraqi #Arabic.

The daughter of Iraqi-Jewish #refugees who came separately to #London with their families during periods of persecution for the community in #Baghdad, Ellis is moved to seek out #stories, expressions and objects that will fill some of the gaps in that #history when she realises that she lacks the vocabulary to pass on the language of her childhood to her own young son."

theguardian.com/books/2025/apr

The Guardian · Chopping Onions on my Heart by Samantha Ellis review – an Iraqi Jew’s celebration of an endangered cultureBy Stephanie Merritt
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