Interview: Dave Itzkoff, author of Cocaine’s Son
Monday, February 7th, 2011Dave Itzkoff talks with SMITH about his new memoir, Cocaine’s Son.
Dave Itzkoff talks with SMITH about his new memoir, Cocaine’s Son.
Mira Bartók talks about her writing process, her mother’s letters and journal entries, and the metaphor of a memory palace in her new memoir, The Memory Palace.
Allen Shawn, author of a new memoir, Twin, speaks about his twin sister, his family, and how writing and composing are closely related.
Heather Havrilesky talks about scraping her narrative raw and about how she began writing her new book, Disaster Preparedness–a memoir about her family and childhood.
Aaron Eske, author of the new memoir, My Family, A Symphony, talks with Lisa Qiu about growing up in rural Nebraska with siblings that are all internationally adopted.
I write nonfiction, so that’s a different set of choices to make. Unlike fiction, a memoir has not been written before you try to sell it. Once you’re in this process of writing, you’re already in the marketing.
Sometimes life doesn’t give us what we want, it gives us who we need. Julie Klam’s second book, [...]
Vivian Chum talks with Catherine Gildiner about her newest memoir, After the Falls, and what it meant to be a teenager in the ’60s in America.
Heather Sellers, author of the new memoir You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know, talks with Vivian Chum about face blindness, writing memoir, and family.
Kristin Kimball talks to Edward Lovett about leaving her life in Manhattan to start a farm in upstate New York. She discusses her writing models, farming models, and the importance of the sustainable agriculture community.
Memoirville recommends… an interview with Megan Stack on The Rumpus.
Stack is author of the book, Every Man In This Village Is A Liar, a memoir that recounts the six years she spent as a reporter in the Middle East. She speaks with interviewer Michelle Orange about war reporting, the complexities of truth in journalism, and [...]