Category Archives: lifewriting

National Poetry Month: Reminder, poetry can be memoir

For anyone who likes to write poems, know that you can create a memoir using poems. You can write about your life using poems. Or, you can simply include poems in your memoir or lifewriting, mixing them in with prose. … Continue reading

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Women’s History Month – and you

March is Women’s History Month, a time set aside to commemorate women who are – or should be – a part of history to be remembered. Women worldwide have long been relegated to the sidelines, as the invisible people who … Continue reading

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Good Reads for Black History Month – or anytime

In honor of February being Black History Month, I’m posting some of my favorite memoirs written by Black authors. Most are older books (oldies but goodies) read some years ago, since I’ve only recently had some life changes giving me … Continue reading

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