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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Slumdog Millionaire: A Metaphor for the Power of Memoir
Well, folks, it may be time to create a new category. I saw a lot of good movies this holiday season. Did you? Here’s the list of ones I saw: Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, Doubt, Milk,and The Curious Case of Benjamin … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir and Film, My Reviews
Tagged memoir as winner, Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire
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The Latest Memoir Controversy: Angel at the Fence
“Read all about it!,” the newsboys could be saying, if there were newsboys today. “Another memoir bites the dust!” “Oprah decides to vet all future memoirists with truth serum!” Of course, there is brand new president, wars in Iraq and … Continue reading
Memoir and Love: The Vital Connection
All during the long holiday season/vacation I took this year, I have been mulling over the connection between memoir and love. Intuition tells me things that I can only later articulate. This has happened to me all my life. I … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Reflections
Tagged avocation, love, memoir, vocation, Wendell Berry, work
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Helen Alderfer, Poet, Mother, Wise Woman, Role Model
My husband Stuart gave me a book for Christmas I did not know existed–a pleasant surprise indeed. Helen Alderfer, an early woman leader in the Mennonite Church and someone I have long admired, has published a book in her 90th … Continue reading
Posted in My Reviews, Personal Reflections, Spiritual Memoir
Tagged Helen Alderfer, mentors, old age, role models, wisdom
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