Writing Stories
Each episode of Writing Stories features an interview with a contemporary author about how her book went from an idea in her head to an object on a shelf. Join us on Writing Stories for honesty, struggle, and triumph, for writing community, publishing insight, and inspiration to persist in whatever difficult but meaningful journey you've chosen for yourself.
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Memoir as an Exercise in Perspective — Cheryl Klein Tells the Story of Crybaby
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Brianna Avenia-Tapper
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Season 3
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Episode 33
In this episode Cheryl Klein tells the story of Crybaby. Along the way she covers:
- Big Feelings and sexism in our beliefs about what is worthy of big feelings
- Memoir as coping mechanism
- Presenting the self in memoir
- Publishing a memoir when you are living through the sequel
- Miscarriage
- Baby envy
- MUTHA Magazine
- Brown Paper Press
- Zoe Norvell
- Dani Shapiro
- The Commuters
- Lilac Mines
Learn more about Cheryl Klein here