Category Archives: book talk

Have memoirs put biographies on the endangered species list?

Posted on August 21, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

British author Hilary Spurling just won the James Tait Black award for her “part biography” of Pearl Buck, Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in China. In the U.S., the title is Pearl Buck in China: Journey to the Good Earth. … Continue reading →

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Boyd Lemon: Daring to dig deep to write a divorce memoir

Posted on August 13, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

Boyd Lemon is a very brave man. I have just finished his memoir, Digging Deep: A Writer Uncovers His Marriages, where he studies the failures of his three marriages and his role in their collapses. Not only does he dive … Continue reading →

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The Good Soldiers – lifewriting intense and personal

Posted on June 17, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers, was in town to discuss his award-winning book documenting the lives of a battalion of ground troops who were part of “the surge” in 2007 sent to try to stabilize sectarian fighting in … Continue reading →

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