Mary Karr

Author of three memoirs of her own, Mary Karr synthesizes her expertise as graduate writing professor and therapy patient, writer and spiritual seeker, recovered alcoholic and "black belt sinner," providing an irreverent window into the mechanics and art of the form. Anchored by excerpts from her favorite memoirs and anecdotes from fellow writers' experience, The Art of Memoir lays bare Karr's own process. In addition, all those inside stories about...

From Mary Karr comes this gorgeously written, often hilarious story of her tumultuous teens and sexual coming-of-age. Picking up where the bestselling The Liars' Club left off, Karr dashes down the trail of her teen years with customary sass, only to run up against the paralyzing self-doubt of a girl in bloom. Fleeing the thrills and terrors of adolescence, she clashes against authority in all its forms and hooks up with an unforgettable band...

"Every year there are one or two commencement speeches that strike a chord with audiences far greater than the student bodies for which they are intended. In 2015 Mary Karr's speech to the graduating class of Syracuse University caught fire, hailed across the Internet as one of the most memorable in recent years, and lighting up the Twittersphere. In Now Go Out There, Karr explains why having your heart broken is just as-if not more-important than...

V 'Klub lzhet︠s︡ov' nikogda ne puskai︠u︡t zhenshchin. I deteĭ, konechno, tozhe. I︠A︡ - edinstvennoe iskli︠u︡chenie iz pravil. Moĭ otet︠s︡ - samyĭ talantlivyĭ lzhet︠s︡, vse obozhai︠u︡t ego baĭki. I︠A︡ tozhe mogla by rasskazatʹ nemalo istoriĭ pro sebi︠a︡ i svoi︠u︡ semʹi︠u︡ - nelepykh, strannykh i dazhe zhutkikh. No i︠a︡ molchu, potomu chto vse moi istorii - chistai︠a︡ pravda...--Back cover