Wednesday, 06.23.2010 | by Margi | 3 Comments
Memoir is a genre (of writing, of art, of anything) dating back to, well, probably forever, but at least the fourth century, CE, from which time we have St. Augustine’s Confessions (on my summer reading list). Which is to say … Continue reading
Tuesday, 05.25.2010 | by Margi | 5 Comments
Over the weekend, I prepared a blog post reviewing Ander Monson’s latest book of nonfiction, Vanishing Point. The review discussed the form of memoir and genre-mixing and the lyric essay. It asked questions like: what is memoir, anyway? What should … Continue reading
Thursday, 05.6.2010 | by Margi | 0 comments
Another semester is finally winding down and with it are the requisite papers and reflections. One such reflection, part of a writing course, involved the relationship between memory and research. After spending a semester reading various kinds of memoirs (from … Continue reading
Sunday, 04.4.2010 | by Margi | 1 Comment
The Essay as Artist Book The Backyard of the House at 48 Northview Drive by Margaret Kimball | BOOK INFO It’s here! As part of my thesis work, I’m introducing a new open-edition artist book series in which I self-publish … Continue reading
Tuesday, 03.2.2010 | by Margi | 0 comments
The full cover for the essay. Last week I received a totally flattering phone call from two editors, Joan Chapman and Claudia Sternbach, at the literary journal, Memoir (and), to whom I sent an illustrated essay called The Backyard of … Continue reading