Been reading the new Blake Butler memoir for the past few days. It’s about his former wife and her death. Her name was Molly and the book is also called Molly. The story is sad, and troubling, and yet also interesting. One of the friends of his former wife started complaining about his right to write about it.
I wrote extensively about my parents in my 19th book, My Germany and since then have written essays about them and my brother but never asked permission. That issue of permission comes up a lot when I teach a memoir workshop or work with writers via writewithoutborders.com.
I wrote extensively about my parents in my 19th book, My Germany and since then have written essays about them and my brother but never asked permission. That issue of permission comes up a lot when I teach a memoir workshop or work with writers via writewithoutborders.com.