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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Emily Carter

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• December 21, 2011

I realize I’m especially drawn to memoirs, novels and story collections in which the author or protagonist is at odds with one parent or both, and wrestles with feeling like a tremendous disappointment to them.

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Mike Albo

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• August 25, 2011

I've been living in NYC for years so I am cautiously optimistic about everything.

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Jon-Jon Goulian

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• July 13, 2011

What is the chance of one of those books living up to its pre-release hype? Of earning back its advance?

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Elisa Albert

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• May 18, 2011

Albert, who is at work on her second novel, describes both books as “personal” as opposed to autobiographical, although they are rooted in her own experiences.

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Heather Havrilesky

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• February 28, 2011

I wasn’t surprised to find that I enjoyed Havrilesky’s book and really related to it. There is so much overlap in our stories, I should probably hate her for beating me to the finish line by miles – thousands of them.

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Nick Flynn

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• January 24, 2011

Flynn and I discussed his approach to writing the memoirs—as well as the advantages of having Protestant parents—over coffee in the West Village.

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Jillian Lauren

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• December 10, 2010

I wrote the book with a tremendous suspension of disbelief; I wrote it as if no one was ever going to read it. I know that sounds like a cliché.

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Darin Strauss

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• November 23, 2010

More than anyone else, though, Strauss holds himself up to intense examination and scrutiny, revealing very human, and in some cases unflattering, reactions and defenses over the years.

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Stephen Elliott

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• October 15, 2010

“We all think we’re retaliating,” Elliott writes. “We all think our actions are justified by someone else’s actions. But actually we’re responsible for what we do.”

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Emily Gould

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• September 22, 2010

I don’t know how much braver than you I’m feeling these days,” she wrote back when I first emailed her.

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Shalom Auslander

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• August 30, 2010

As someone who was raised with reform Judaism, my negative experiences with religion pale next to Auslander’s.

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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Vivian Gornick

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• August 5, 2010

In an effort to embolden myself to move past this crippling fear and go on writing – or give up altogether – I’ve begun interviewing memoirists I admire.

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