Figure Skating Stars Pay an Emotional Tribute to the D.C. Plane Crash Victims Spectators, heavy with grief, packed Capital One Arena for the skating benefit.

One of the most painfully beautiful tributes I've ever witnessed. There is another opportunity to watch this on Peacock on 3/30 if you didn't get a chance to see it last Sunday. If you aren't a fan of skating now, it will turn you into one.

I had a really interesting tour of the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in the hour and a half I had to spare on this trip to Colorado for work and skating.

Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Skating is For Everyone And blaming tragedy on the disabled is for no one

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I Would Meet You Anywhere: A Memoir A memoir of one Japanese American adoptee’s experiences with her birth mother, love, family, and identity.

This week in our Writing Personhood class we have @thesusanito.bsky.social joining us. It’s so important to hear other #adoptee stories. Thank you Susan for sharing yours. Can’t wait! 💜

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Very useful top 10 list!

I love this. It's just as important to hit delete sometimes as it is to persevere. It's critical to know the difference.

Last night I taught week one of my Writing Personhood #adoptee only #memoir and #creativenonfiction class for the first time in over a year. My heart was so full from being with other adoptees and hearing their stories. It's so important for us to know we are not alone. Can't wait for next week. <3

On Resolutions And why I hate them

I wrote about how much I hate resolutions and how bad I am at them. But on the plus side, I quit Facebook!

Me!! I need it!

I’m joining this! Are you?

Where's the heat? In writing and in life

With memoir and creative nonfiction, you have to ask, where’s the heat?

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How to Say Babylon: A Memoir a book by Safiya Sinclair National Book Critics Circle Award Winner A New York Times Notable Book Best Book of the Year for The Washington Post* The New Yorker * Time * The Atlantic * Los Angeles Times * NPR * Harper's Bazaar ...

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I’m currently listening to this incredible memoir narrated by the author in her gorgeous, rich voice. I’m enjoying hearing her tell her incredible story in her voice. Have you read it? What did you think?

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Delta FTW!

a woman wearing sunglasses and a black jacket talks on a cell phone Alt: Julia Roberts, a white actor, wearing sunglasses and a black jacket takes her sunglasses off in frustration and says “oh come on!”

post somebody you’ve been told you look like, who you definitely don’t look like

I also loved The Part that Burns. I read it after hearing @jeannineouellette.bsky.social talk about it at HippoCamp several years ago and it stays with me still.

Are Memoirs “Impossible to Sell”? Only If Narrowly Defined By Allison K Williams Last week, Canadian magazine The Walrus published “Memoirs Are Almost Impossible to Sell” by Tajja Isen. “Publishers are turning away from personal stories. Have readers stopp…

A breath of fresh air. Thank you, @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social

And what’s even better is that so many other writers I know and admire are featured on the same roundup!!

Your Weekly Personal Essay Fix... Plus: Electric Literature's fund drive, Narratively's 2024 Memoir Prize, and more...

I was so excited to see my recent piece from The Rumpus on Memoir Land!! Thank you @saribotton.bsky.social

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Done

Ooh I am reading How to Say Babylon right now!

I don't believe readers don't want to read real people's stories of change and growth. Here are a few memoirs I've read this year that I kept thinking about:

Monsters, a Fan's Dilemma--Clare Dederer
Docile--Hyseseung Song
Sink--Joseph Earl Thomas
Hijab Butch Blues--Lamya H

What about you?

#memoir

Since I'm just getting started over here, I want to be clear. Trans women are women, trans men are men, nb people are real. White people stole most of this country from indigenous people and stole the labor of generations of Black people to build wealth, which continues thanks to the prison system

Kind But Not Nice (Oh and I actually am grateful too)

Tis the season

What a gift that must have been!

Rollette Experience 2024 | Los Angeles A 4-day event for women and girls with disabilities. At the Rollettes Experience, you'll connect with women and girls just like you. Create lifelong bonds, share in life altering experiences and learn to be boundless in all that you do. Here, you fit in perfectly. Dance classes, arts & crafts, panels, guest speakers & more. All ages welcome.

Just registered my 13 year old wheelchair user for this event next summer. Look out, LA, because she is SO excited!! Representation matters and my girl loves to dance. I’m thrilled I stumbled on the Rollettes!

www.rollettesexperience.com

Thanks!!

Would love for you to see this if you haven’t.

A cover of The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, a children’s book. My favorite book!

Tell us about books that made a difference in your life. I’ll start.

The first book that changed my life profoundly was The Phantom Tollbooth. I was in fifth grade, already an aspiring writer. Equally important was the librarian who gave it to me, Mrs. Ross. 💙