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DWW Makes Mary Karr's "Required Reading List"
This quickie post is a combo book recommendation and book brag.
The rec part first: Gallop, don't saunter, to your bookseller of choice and get Mary Karr's The Art of Memoir. It debuted at #3 on the NYT Bestseller List, is #1 on the NYT Culture List & has been rave-reviewed everywhere. The San Francisco Chronicle says it best: "It could have been called 'The Art of Living.'"
Brag part: Karr includes a "Required Reading" list of "mostly memoirs and some hybrids." I'm proud to say that Dangerous When Wet made the cut. I'm ever so honored.
The rec part first: Gallop, don't saunter, to your bookseller of choice and get Mary Karr's The Art of Memoir. It debuted at #3 on the NYT Bestseller List, is #1 on the NYT Culture List & has been rave-reviewed everywhere. The San Francisco Chronicle says it best: "It could have been called 'The Art of Living.'"
Brag part: Karr includes a "Required Reading" list of "mostly memoirs and some hybrids." I'm proud to say that Dangerous When Wet made the cut. I'm ever so honored.
Lagniappe
Lagniappe (pronounced LAN-YAP) is the name of the most coveted Jr. League cookbook where I'm from, Beaumont, Texas. The nearby Louisiana border haunts Beaumont, so there's a heavy dose of Cajun or "co
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