Does reading a memoir make you a fan?

Can you read someone's memoir without being their diehard fan? What do our assumptions about memoirs, and our memoir reading habits, say about us?

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WRITING PROMPTS to help you explore today’s topic: 

• Write about a time you read someone’s memoir or heard them tell their story in their own words and it changed your perception of them in some way. Do you think it’s a bad thing that your perception of them was altered? Why or why not?

• Write a dialogue between an interviewer and someone who’s discussing their recently published memoir. This dialogue can be based on a real or imagined memoir with real people or fictional people.

• Write a book review for a recent memoir you’ve read, then share it with others.

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  Share what you write with us or leave a comment to join this dialogue.

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Personally, I think common assumptions and habits around reading memoirs are a bit backward. Keep reading to see why…

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