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January 29, 2006
Susan Henderson on Memoir; What I scanned in the news this morning
In a preamble to telling you about Susan's point of view: I've been following in the wake of the Frey bus, in Publisher's Marketplace and through links provided by writer friends, reading related material that reflects on the integrity of writers about Nasdijj actually being Scandinavian. ( Sherman Alexie whose wonderful story What you pawn I will redeem in Best American 2004 and O'Henry Prize Stories 2005 is reputedly had his doubts about this writer); plus the J T Leroy brouhaha already mentioned in another thread.
I also picked up on an entry in Ms Snark's blog called Wave of the Future--scroll down to find it, replying to a question on the future of memoirists, and adding her bit about Nan Talese, from Doubleday, being interviewed on Oprah.
My own stance doesn't count since Frey's or Nasdijj's books themselves aren't my cup of tea. I don't do memoir (but who knows--one day I might write about what it was like for a four-year-old on the Gold Coast when it was the first African country to become independant). However, I have been concerned for writer friends that do produce fabulous memoir. So here is a great and insightful comment from Susan Henderson on her blog.
Other things I have been reading this morning:
Rift looming over the fate of Papuan Refugees I read it and wondered, being a character that is awfully suspicious of this government's motives.
Do you take risks with your business. There are 3 questions in this article that I got 'wrong' so I asked my eighteen-year old son who is taking over the family business (so that his artist parents can retire!) and he got them right. Interesting reading. Perhaps he's in the right game, I said to myself.
Now it's time to close down the computer and go for my scheduled walk in Sherbrook forest while the climate outside is still reasonable.
Posted by girija at January 29, 2006 10:53 AM