Wondering about privileging memory over the lens of experience

Creative Nonfiction, Writing, and the Pleasures of Reading
Wondering about privileging memory over the lens of experience
And reimagining through reading during self-isolation
A visit to a thrift store, a reading aloud memory
Connecting with a literature of your own
What does your collection say about you?
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An essayistic approach to reading
On Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers, and NOT writing for children
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Write what you read
I’d worked in a used bookstore for several years, so why was I still drawn to them?
A question about L.M. Montgomery’s reading prompted me to consider my own