Goodbye 2013. Hello change. If "write a hugely successful memoir, sell the rights to Hollywood, quit my job, and watch Julia Roberts/Diane Lane/Reese Witherspoon portray me on the big screen" is at the top of your resolutions for the coming year, consider starting your research here.(READ MORE)
In the movie Girl Most Likely, Imogene (Kristen Wiig) takes the wacky-flavored lemons of her life’s turn of events and learns to make wacky-flavored, but sweet and delicious, lemonade. In real life, women have had to overcome even worse life circumstances, and managed to overcome them with a mixture...(READ MORE)
It's not often that we get to have a wide-ranging conversation with the acquiring editor behind a book as unforgettable as Cheryl Strayed's bestselling "Wild," so we were on the edge of our seats as Knopf senior vice president Robin Desser opened up about finding the partial manuscript, knowing immediately...(READ MORE)
Why do we read memoirs? Some choose autobiographies to better understand the lives and histories of important men and women. Some might hope that the experiences and insights of a personal essay might unveil a small truth about the human condition, might teach us about ourselves. Some of us might just...(READ MORE)
Cheryl Strayed, whose book "Wild" was recently chosen as the first book in Oprah’s revamped Book Club 2.0, is not the only woman to jettison her urban life for a wilderness experience; here is a list of other books by and about women who swapped the beaten path for mountains and trees.(READ MORE)
At first blush, the recent "Evening with Diane Keaton" at New York's 92nd Street Y appeared to be simply a promotional event for the paperback release of her memoir "Then Again." Instead, unsuspecting audience members were engaged in something wholly more human. Packing an emotional one-hour punch,...(READ MORE)
In just one and a half minutes, Cheryl Strayed speaks to one of the fundamental truths of writing: Don't try so hard. Sometimes we're so bent on writing our best that we become stunted by our own involvement in the story. Remove the ego from the equation. If you haven't written the best piece, at […](READ MORE)
Books covered in this week's review roundup: "What to Look for in Winter: A Memoir of Blindness" by Candia McWilliam, "Left-Handed: Poems" by Jonathan Galassi, and "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed (READ MORE)