Tag: Memoirs by Black Authors
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How to Write about Love and Loss: Memoir Advice from Tembi Locke
The moment you decide to pen a memoir, is the moment you sign up for an exercise is emotional courage. Writing about personal topics like love and loss can be extremely difficult, especially for first-time authors. But from these deep, personal, and often painful places can come the most beautiful stories and the most impactful…
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Five Memoirs by Black Women for the Messy and Magical Moments of Life
Memoirs are powerful beasts. Like (good) reality TV, they provide us with the behind the scenes version of a person’s life. What’s more, if written well, a memoir can be like literary medicine for all of the messy and magical moments of life. I love reading memoir, especially when I can find that perfect book…
