Tag: Ben Yagoda
Ben Yagoda’s Memoir: A History on the Kindle–A Double Review
Ben Yagoda’s history of the memoir genre should make any other survey redundant. He’s performed a great service, not only to readers and writers but also to the new field of nonfiction/memoir studies.
As promised previously, I will describe not only what I learned from reading the book but also from reading it on the Kindle. First, the [...]
Posted: January 2nd, 2010 under Books About Memoir, My Reviews.
Tags: Ben Yagoda, Kindle, memoir history, unreliable memory
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Ben Yagoda on NPR: Great Overview of Memoir History
Two days ago I posted an NPR story summary with my own slant on it. It got picked up on www.expectingrain.com and reached hundreds of viewers, instantly becoming my most viewed post. That was exciting. Thanks, Expectingrain.com!
Come to think of it, NPR stories on the arts almost always fascinate me, and I can tell I [...]
Posted: December 28th, 2009 under Personal Reflections, radio.
Tags: Ben Yagoda, expectingrain.com, NPR
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Why I am Loving My Kindle: And a Request for Readers to Report on Their Own E-book Experiences
A few weeks ago I posted a list of 18 books I had blogged about in the last six months. At the end of the list I included two books I have not yet read, pictured here.
Today I got out my six-month-old Kindle and spent 20 seconds ordering the two books–Mary Karr’s Lit and Ben Yagoda’s Memoir: A [...]
Posted: December 27th, 2009 under Books About Memoir, My Reviews, Personal Reflections.
Tags: Ben Yagoda, e-books, Kindle, Mary Karr, Nook
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