Kelly McMasters is a professor, mother, and former bookshop owner living in New York. Along with The Leaving Season: A Memoir in Essays, she is the author of Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir of an Atomic Town, an Orion Book Award finalist and inspiration for the documentary "The Atomic States of America," which premiered at Sundance. She is co-editor with Margot Kahn of This is the Place: Women Writing about Home and the national bestseller Wanting: Women Writing About Desire. She teaches at Hofstra University.
In this episode:
Advice for writing a literary memoir
How Kelly structured her book: a memoir in essays.
Kelly’s reason for loving the essay form, and how she uses it to tell a compelling story
The art of making a choice on what to show in the work
Braiding different themes into your book
How writers can build a supportive network with other writers.
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The Literary Gifts of Kelly McMasters’ The Leaving Season