How I Found Solace in Soledad
It wasn’t an unhealthy obsession – just a strange one. I had never watched a morning news show before. Rarely did I wake before ten am as a college student. Rarely did I do anything after waking besides stumble out of bed, sort of get dressed, and eat a banana on the way to school. ...
Welcome to Kristine’s Empire
I’m narcissistic, as all great creative non-fiction writers are. Too bad I’m not one of them. David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs and Mary Karr (Jesus, Mary – get a webpage!) are some of my heroes, mainly because they possess that beautiful narcissism that allows them to write funny and painful stuff about their own lives, sell...
Mary Karr gets Lit, finds God
Mary Karr, author of The Liar’s Club and Cherry, comes out swinging again with her latest memoir, Lit. Her Texas shit-kicking style shines through as usual, but she’s tempered it this time with a serene wisdom born of her sobriety and conversion to Catholicism. Mary’s told us quite a bit about her family in the...
