It should not be so hard to write both poetry and fiction. Both arts, after all, make use of the same materials, words and punctuation. Poems...
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I was on a waiting list for months to get this from the library. Now that I've read it, I realize I have to own it. (At some point, maybe I'll be able to read the chapter about putting her dad in the nursing home without crying.) Patently Mary Karr, filled with her razor wit and scathing insights, it skillfully, humorously, achingly, weaves together daughter, wife, mother. A story of regret and redemption, Lit is both gut wrenching and uplifting.
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Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr
iowacat, June 23, 2010
I was on a waiting list for months to get this from the library. Now that I've read it, I realize I have to own it. (At some point, maybe I'll be able to read the chapter about putting her dad in the nursing home without crying.) Patently Mary Karr, filled with her razor wit and scathing insights, it skillfully, humorously, achingly, weaves together daughter, wife, mother. A story of regret and redemption, Lit is both gut wrenching and uplifting.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)