Read Features & Reviews Interviews Rumpus Original The Rumpus Interview with Mary Karr Emma Winsor WoodSeptember 30, 2015 Mary Karr talks about her new book The Art of Memoir, the perception of memoir from a "trashy" form, the virtues of poetry, and the complexity of truth-telling.Read
Features & Reviews Rumpus Original The Heroic Lie: A Brief Inquiry into the Fake Memoir Steve AlmondApril 20, 2011 When I was about ten years old, I hit my older brother in the mouth with a baseball bat. We were standing around in a field, hitting pebbles with the…Read