Kathy Pooler: Using Memoir as a Tool for Transformation (Guest Post)
We all have a book inside of us—a narrative about who we are and where we fit into the world. Kathy Pooler explains how writing a memoir can be a tool for transformation.
Memoirists
Saloma Furlong: Her Courageous Path to a University Degree at Age 50
Saloma Furlong’s parents wouldn’t let her attend high school and no one prosecuted them. How is that possible in a country with compulsory education laws?
E.R. Braithwaite: The Late-Blooming Author of “To Sir, With Love” Turns 104
His name is Edward Ricardo (E.R.) Braithwaite and he wrote “To Sir, With Love” at age 47. He’s been a writer, teacher, diplomat, professor, and social worker. His entire 104 years reads like a movie.
Telling Life’s Stories by Lynne Strang (Guest Post)
Later Bloomers make excellent personal historians. As their awareness of time’s fleeting nature increases, so does an interest in capturing and preserving life memories.
Frank McCourt: How a Brooklyn High School Teacher Published “Angela’s Ashes” at Age 66
Frank McCourt taught English in New York high schools for 27 years before writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Angela’s Ashes, at age 66. “I refused to settle for a one-act existence.”