TAG: memoir
Big Library Read: Insightful, Lyrical Memoir with No Holds, No Waiting
Posted in News on May 13, 2025 at 6:00 am
Borrow the Big Library Read with no holds and no waiting, available through Libby and OverDrive. May 15-29, we're reading the memoir "Uncommon Measure" by Natalie Hodges. It is is an insightful and lyrical exploration of music, time, and self-discovery--a virtuosic debut from a gifted violinist searching for a new mode of artistic becoming. […]
Tags: adults, audiobook, Big Library Read, books, ebook, libby, memoir, overdrive, reading
10 Reasons to Try (and Love) Graphic Nonfiction Books
Posted in Explore and Discover on December 20, 2023 at 6:00 am
By Melissa Rhoades You’ve probably heard the saying “your eyes are bigger than your stomach.” Well, that applies to both my eating and reading habits. I tend to gather far more books than I have time to read. As the book stacks grow in my house, so does my sense of defeat and inadequacy. I […]
Tags: adults, booklists, books, graphic novels, history, illustration, illustrations, kids, memoir, nonfiction, parents, reading, teens
Exploring memoir writing with children
Posted in Parents and Teachers on December 10, 2020 at 6:00 am
BY CAITLIN WHEELER MEMOIR, A MOMENT IN A LIFE Unlike biography, which is the story of a life, memoir is a story within a life—a moment or a thread of moments that shed light on a larger truth. Everyone has stories like these: little moments in our lives that illustrate something bigger about how we […]
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The importance of diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies for our empathy and history
Posted in Explore and Discover, Uncategorized on August 26, 2020 at 6:00 am
BY CAITLIN WHEELER I had wanted to be a diarist as a child, but having grown up on Dear America and Royal Diaries, I felt like my 90s school bus experiences weren’t interesting enough. I have since realized that my attitude about my journal writing continued into adulthood, and yet I’ve also considered sharing with […]
Tags: autobiography, diary, empathy, historians, history, journaling, memoir, reading, self, understanding, writing
