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ד-פּאַקס"Whenever the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/playwright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#playwright</a> Samantha Ellis tries to define her heritage to people, she often finds them correcting her. “So many times I’ve said I’m an <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Iraqi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iraqi</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jew</a> and been… told ‘you mean you’re mixed’ or ‘which parent is which?’ or just ‘how weird’,” she writes in her richly detailed <a href="https://babka.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a>, in which she explores the complex, centuries-old history of the Iraqi-<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> community and its vanishing language, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judeo</a>-Iraqi <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Arabic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arabic</a>.The daughter of Iraqi-Jewish <a href="https://babka.social/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#refugees</a> who came separately to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a> with their families during periods of persecution for the community in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Baghdad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Baghdad</a>, Ellis is moved to seek out <a href="https://babka.social/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stories</a>, expressions and objects that will fill some of the gaps in that <a href="https://babka.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> when she realises that she lacks the vocabulary to pass on the language of her childhood to her own young son."<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/06/chopping-onions-on-my-heart-by-samantha-ellis-review-an-iraqi-jews-celebration-of-an-endangered-culture" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/06/chopping-onions-on-my-heart-by-samantha-ellis-review-an-iraqi-jews-celebration-of-an-endangered-culture</a>

KristieA view and a thank you! While I'm not ready to be in front of the camera, here's a sincere thank you from behind it. If you like Scottish landscapes, Scottish accents, and gratitude, you'll enjoy this. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DII51K9CMcs/?igsh=MXhudTFvdmo4ZGF5Nw==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/reel/DII51K9CMcs/?igsh=MXhudTFvdmo4ZGF5Nw==</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DebutAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DebutAuthor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memoir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScottishBooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WorkingClassWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingClassWriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MixedRaceWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MixedRaceWriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NeurodivergentWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeurodivergentWriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPressPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPressPublishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BooksOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BooksOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PlaceWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlaceWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DrystoneWalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DrystoneWalling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>

KristieYesterday it was the memoirs page. Today my book’s top of Bookshop. org’s *main* Biography & Memoir list. (right next to Jenni Fagan (Scotland represent!) and a bit under Marcus Aurelius!)No PR machine. Just people getting behind a working-class Scottish debutIf you’ve been thinking about it, now’s the time:<a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drystone-a-life-rebuilt-kristie-de-garis/7836359?ean=9781846976469" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drystone-a-life-rebuilt-kristie-de-garis/7836359?ean=9781846976469</a>Now I’m off to build a wall.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BooksofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Publishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingClass</a>

idealist at heartthe tone of ‘careless people’ by sarah wynn-williams - a memoir about her time at facebook - is light, conversational, often self-deprecating and at times simply funny, but the content isn’t.in hindsight, i believe the power of ‘careless people’ lies in this ‘light’ tone. it reminds me of a quote from the art of war: all warfare is deception.full review: <a href="https://idealistatheart.com/careless-people-by-sarah-wynn-williams/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://idealistatheart.com/careless-people-by-sarah-wynn-williams/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amreading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facebook</a>

Niklas PivicI'm reading Mark Oliver Everett's memoir 'Things the Grandchildren Should Know' and it's breathtakingly Live and seemingly honestly written.Check out the quotes I've rattled off from the book via this page: <a href="https://bookwyrm.social/book/593708/s/things-the-grandchildren-should-know" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bookwyrm.social/book/593708/s/things-the-grandchildren-should-know</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarkOliverEverett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarkOliverEverett</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bookwyrm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookwyrm</a>

Niklas"1 SUMMER OF LOVE I was driving through the pitch black Virginia night, down the perfectly flat blacktop that was once a railroad track, across that high bridge over the ravine, thinking about the details of how one night I was going to drive off it. I was sure I'd never live to the age of eighteen, so I never bothered making any plans for the future. Eighteen had come and gone a year ago, but I was still breathing. And things were only getting worse. The summer of 1982. That disgusting, sticky, humid weather where your back soaks through your shirt just from taking a short drive. By midsummer everything was a mess. My sister Liz's boyfriend flipped out in our kitchen one night and attacked me with a butcher knife. Soon after, Liz tried to kill herself for the first of many times. Swallowed a bunch of pills. Her heart stopped the moment we got her to the hospital, but they were able to revive her. Pretty soon after that, Liz and my mom went out of town to visit relatives and I found my father's dead body lying there sideways on my parents' bed, fully dressed in his usual shirt and tie, with his feet almost on the floor, like he just sat down to die at fifty-one. I tried to learn CPR from the 911 operator on the phone, carrying my father's already-stiff body across the bedroom floor. It was weird touching him. That was the first time we had any physical contact that I could remember, other than the occasional cigarette burn on my arm while squeezing by him in the hallway. I figured driving off the bridge might be the best way to deal with the crushing, lost, and empty feeling of being me. A dramatic way to go, of course. I was a kid. Later in life it would usually be a gun I imagined using on myself. Not quite as dramatic as driving off a bridge in your hometown. You can chart my development this way. In more recent years I would think about pills most often. That dramatic stuff is for kids. I'm mature now. At the end of the summer, which I had already started referring to as The Summer of Love, I drove my gold '71 Chevy Nova away from home for the first time. I had bought the car that I called 'Old Gold', complete with a stop sign used in place of its rusted-out floorboard, for a hundred bucks from my hot, blonde cousin Jennifer, who years later would die on the plane that hit The Pentagon, September 11, 2001. She was a flight attendant. Sent a postcard from Dulles airport that morning that read 'Ain't Life Grand?' in big letters on the front. My father worked at The Pentagon back around the time I was born. If I believed in curses, I'd have to wonder if the plane hit the part of the building where my father's office once was. But I don't believe in curses. Life is full of ups and downs. There have been some extremes in my life's case but, considering I had no plan, and very little of the kind of self-esteem you need to get by in this world, things could be worse. I'm just wandering through here, seeing what happens. I don't know what happens when you die and I don't expect to find out until I die. Probably nothing, but you never know. For now, I'm still alive, and I've come to realize that some of the most horrible moments of my life have led to some of the best, so I'm not one for eating up people's melodrama. Just another day to me." — Mark Oliver Everett: <a href="https://bookwyrm.social/book/593708" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Things the Grandchildren Should Know</a>, pp. 1-3<a href="https://bookwyrm.social/hashtag/383376" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarkOliverEverett</a> <a href="https://bookwyrm.social/hashtag/202" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://bookwyrm.social/hashtag/5776" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a>

Assoc for Scottish Literature<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> “QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE … provides insight into what it takes an individual to survive, both (with luck) physically and, more importantly, ethically”– retired Australian Army officer Jason Thomas on George MacDonald Fraser’s memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign<a href="https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/special-series/dusty-shelves/quartered-safe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/special-series/dusty-shelves/quartered-safe/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WW2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Burma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Burma</a> 2/5

KristieThis one was hard. I wrote about being the wrong kind of victim.The kind who stayed. The kind who didn't call the police. The kind who texted three days after.And yes, it might make you feel uncomfortable, but it's the experience of many, many victims. So important to understand.<a href="https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/not-the-right-kind-of-victim/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/not-the-right-kind-of-victim/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WritingThroughTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingThroughTrauma</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memoir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BreakingTheSilence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BreakingTheSilence</a>

earthlingA Woman Among Wolves My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery by Diane K. Boyd, 2024Called the Jane Goodall of wolves, world-renowned wildlife biologist Diane Boyd has spent four decades studying and advocating for wolves in the wilds of Montana near Glacier National Park. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wolves</a>

Julia S.A LINGUIST’S LOVE LETTER to language is a stunning combination of scientific depth, personal candor, and beautiful prose that ties speech (and sign) to everything essential to being human. Truly extraordinary. A MINUS<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/linguaphile-julie-sedivy/1144629515?ean=9780374601836" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/linguaphile-julie-sedivy/1144629515?ean=9780374601836</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookreviews</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialscience</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a>

Colorado Authors LeaguePatricia Eagle’s account of her lifetime of relationships with dogs reveals the clarity, strength, and wisdom she gained from them, even in the most challenging of situations. "DOG LOVE STORIES is heart-wrenching and illuminating, and ultimately it teaches us how precious animal lives can be to humans." <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dogs</a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/doglover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doglover</a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Love-Stories-Canines-Changed/dp/1647428521/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Love-Stories-Canines-Changed/dp/1647428521/</a>

earthlingA Balcony Over Jerusalem by John Lyons, 2017A gripping memoir of life in Jerusalem from one of Australia's most experienced Middle East correspondents. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jerusalem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jerusalem</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))It was an honor to be a panelist on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dementia</a> Stories for Impact: Dementia Life Course and Storytelling, sponsored by the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AlzheimersAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlzheimersAssociation</a> and <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/UCSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UCSF</a>. My fellow authors and colleagues talked about the importance of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#narrative</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brain</a> health, and Dr. Bruce Miller and I talked about our work together on my <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a>, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain. I hope you find this discussion helpful. <a href="https://lnkd.in/g-mgqkkN" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lnkd.in/g-mgqkkN</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EndAlz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndAlz</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Caregiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Caregiving</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))It was an honor to be a panelist on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dementia</a> Stories for Impact: Dementia Life Course and Storytelling, sponsored by the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AlzheimersAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlzheimersAssociation</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UCSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UCSF</a>. My fellow authors and colleagues talked about the importance of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#narrative</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brain</a> health, and Dr. Bruce Miller and I talked about our work together on my <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a>, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain. I hope you find this discussion helpful. <a href="https://lnkd.in/g-mgqkkN" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lnkd.in/g-mgqkkN</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EndAlz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndAlz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Caregiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Caregiving</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))I know the feeling Samina Ali describes; in fact I had a similar experience with my own <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a>. I very much look forward to reading hers."When I got to the end of the memoir, I realized the story I’d written wasn’t the one I’d intended to write. I hadn’t just written a story about my survival, not really. What emerged as well was a full-throated love letter to the vital act of storytelling. It’s narrative that allowed me to recover my memories and rebuild my brain."<a href="https://lithub.com/a-wordless-writer-samina-ali-on-how-writing-a-memoir-helped-her-brain-trauma-heal/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%2021%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lithub.com/a-wordless-writer-samina-ali-on-how-writing-a-memoir-helped-her-brain-trauma-heal/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%2021%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))I know the feeling Samina Ali describes; in fact I had a similar experience with my own <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a>. I very much look forward to reading hers."When I got to the end of the memoir, I realized the story I’d written wasn’t the one I’d intended to write. I hadn’t just written a story about my survival, not really. What emerged as well was a full-throated love letter to the vital act of storytelling. It’s narrative that allowed me to recover my memories and rebuild my brain."<a href="https://lithub.com/a-wordless-writer-samina-ali-on-how-writing-a-memoir-helped-her-brain-trauma-heal/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%2021%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lithub.com/a-wordless-writer-samina-ali-on-how-writing-a-memoir-helped-her-brain-trauma-heal/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%2021%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list</a>

Kindle Daily DealsThe Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–1945The “striking” holocaust memoirSale: $19.99 to $3.99Author: Władysław Szpilman Rating: 4.7/5 (2,793 Reviews)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Holocaust</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pianist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pianist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/survival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#survival</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ww2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ww2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/4hwmy6n" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/4hwmy6n</a>

Tom BremerSaddleback Mountain, on the eastern edge of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OrangeCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OrangeCounty</a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a>, sings in registers unheard by human ears. Without pity or judgment, it remains as it has always been: a quiet stillness in a tumultuous world.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/landscapephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscapephotography</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://www.sacredwonderland.us/songs-of-saddleback-mountain/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sacredwonderland.us/songs-of-saddleback-mountain/</a>

NatureHopperFU Zuckerturd! <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Memoir" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memoir</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Meta" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Book" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Book</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BestSeller" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BestSeller</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Technology" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Whistleblower" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whistleblower</a> <a href="https://qz.com/meta-sarah-wynn-williams-memoir-joel-kaplan-1851770794" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meta doesn't want you to read ...</a>

Assoc for Scottish LiteratureAlasdair Maclean’s NIGHT FALLS ON ARDNAMURCHAN (1984) was his only full-length prose work. Hilary Mantel called it “…a book like an animated shipping forecast… You hear the ocean and the voice of a salt-laden gale in this sharp, thoughtful, eloquent memoir, which is specific yet not parochial, romantic, reflective, and yet grittily acquainted with the realities of life on the margin.”<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://birlinn.co.uk/product/night-falls-on-ardnamurchan-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://birlinn.co.uk/product/night-falls-on-ardnamurchan-2/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crofting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crofting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#20thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ardnamurchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ardnamurchan</a>

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