Memoir: What it is/What it isn’t

A GUEST BLOG BY ALISON WEARING of Memoir Writing, Inc. “I think it’s so much easier to define memoir by what it’s not…Memoir is not a chronological recitation of a life. It’s not therapy. It’s not an accusation. It’s not a boast. It’s not fiction. It’s not gossip. Memoir is a search to understand the…

Book Review: El Deafo

by Cece Bell A Graphic Novel Book Review by Jackie Houchin I didn’t realize when I bought this book that it was a “graphic novel” – not written in paragraphs, but in comic boxes, cartoon characters, and speech bubbles. I was disappointed at first, but decided to give it a try. I opened and read…