Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2020-11-12
Books mentioned on #479: Mary Karr — The Master of Memoir on Creative Process and Finding Gifts in the Suffering
"For me, the solution to fear is curiosity and presence. I can’t be terrified and curious at the same time.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The art of memoir
The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr is a critically acclaimed guide where the celebrated author lays bare her own creative process while breaking down the intricate craft of writing life stories.
Recommended“she's also the author of the art of memoir one of my absolute favorites which lays bare her own process as she breaks down the craft of memoir and tropic of squalor her latest volume of poetry”
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Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web by E.B.
Discussed“but but you can disappear down a valley of winnie the pooh or charlotte's web or and in some ways the poets i read”
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Lit
Discussed“lev grossman said in his review of lit carr seems to have been born with the inability to write a dishonest or boring sentence”
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez is a landmark multi-generational chronicle of the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo.
Discussed“and suddenly i remembered that i had a copy of a hundred years of solitude that i had got that was her book that i had started reading”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Liars' Club
“she's the author of three award-winning best-selling memoirs the liars club cherry and lit”
Passing Cherry
“she's the author of three award-winning best-selling memoirs the liars club cherry and lit”
Passing Lit
“she's the author of three award-winning best-selling memoirs the liars club cherry and lit”