Mary Karr

Mar 1, 2024 | kboo.org | Mary Karr |Rodney Crowell

Celebrating women's voices for Women's History MonthJoin me, Diane Karl, in celebrating women's voices in folk music as we enter Women's History Month!  We'll hear from many of your favorites, both solo and in groups. And we're helping to set the stage for KBOO's special programming for International Women's Day this Friday which starts with a special edition of Cascade Coffee House hosted this week by Diane Hunt.

Dec 5, 2023 | electricliterature.com | Jowita Bydlowska |Melissa Febos |Mary Karr |Nina Aron

Reading Lists Claudia Acevedo-Quinones recommends intimate stories about the struggle with drugs and alcohol and the journey to recovery My most transformative reading experiences have been ones in which I see the worst parts of myself in full display on the page. From the time I was a teenager, I’ve gravitated toward women characters and writers whose behaviors, addictions, and ailments were at odds with their “potential.” Esther in The Bell Jar, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, and...

Oct 6, 2023 | vnexplorer.net | George Orwell |Maxine Hong Kingston |Alison Bechdel |Mary Karr

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (1933)Down and Out in Paris and London is the English novelist George Orwell's first full-length work, published in 1933. It is a two-part memoir on the issue of poverty in the two cities. Its intended audience was middle- and upper-class members of society-those more likely to be highly educated-and it exposes poverty in two rich cities: Paris and London.

Jul 31, 2023 | inspiringquotes.com | Kristina Wright |Walt Whitman |Clarissa Pinkola Estes |Mary Karr

When we hear an old song, maybe one that was played at our high school prom or our wedding, we’re apt to feel a kind of fond, wistful longing — a yearning referred to as nostalgia. Nostalgia is a complex emotional state that can be triggered by a variety of stimuli, including music, photographs, scents, and objects.

Mar 28, 2023 | audible.com | Mary Karr |Vivian Gornick |Bonnie Garmus |Maggie Smith

“Wickedly funny and always movingly illuminating, thanks to kick-ass storytelling and a poet's ear.”–Oprah.com The bestselling, hilarious tale of Mary Karr’s hardscrabble Texas childhood that Oprah.com calls the best memoir of a generation.  took the world by storm and raised the art of the memoir to an entirely new level, bringing about a dramatic revival of the form. Karr’s comic childhood in an east Texas oil town brings us characters as darkly hilarious as any of J. D.