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The Author’s Cut with Bethany Harvey

Tabitha Lord
Interviews, The Author's Cut
Meet Bethany Harvey today on the Author's Cut. Her moving memoir, Dipped In It, released on July 9th!... Read More...

Dipped In It – Bethany Harvey’s Moving New Memoir

Tabitha Lord
Interviews, Reviews
I had the pleasure of reading an early draft of Bethany Harvey's moving memoir, Dipped In It. When she later asked me to write an endorsement for the release, here's what I said... Bethany tackles the messiness... Read More...

Book Club Questions: Educated by Tara Westover

Tabitha Lord
Book Club Questions, Literary Lagniappe, Memoir
Are you in charge of picking out the next read for your book club? Have no fear! We're here to help! I recommend Educated by Tara Westover. Westover was born into a family of preppers in rural Idaho. She had no... Read More...

Educated by Tara Westover

Tabitha Lord
Reviews
I’m not a memoir fan. I’m generally of the opinion that when I read, I want to be entertained. I want to get lost in a fictional world with a story so satisfying that the hours fly by. There’s truth in fiction ... Read More...

Losing a Daughter to the Opioid Epidemic: An Interview with Elise Schiller

Kelly Sarabyn
Interviews
Elise Schiller’s daughter Giana Natali was a Division I swimmer and veterinary technician before succumbing to a drug addiction that ultimately led to her death. Schiller’s memoir Even if Your Heart Would Liste... Read More...

How One Mother Defeated the Odds and Built a Baby Blanket Empire

Kelly Sarabyn
Interviews
Raegan Moya-Jones was a mother in her thirties when she decided to start her own company selling baby blankets. Despite lacking a business education or any knowledge of the textile industry, she launched aden +... Read More...

The Power of Story to Change Organizations

Kelly Sarabyn
Interviews
General Electric (GE) became one of the largest entities in the world not by continuing to develop new ideas, but by buying other companies, and expanding into financial services. In her book, Imagine It Forwar... Read More...
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The Author’s Cut with Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

Maribel Garcia
Interviews, The Author's Cut
Rebecca Faye Smith Galli (Becky), author of Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience, is a weekly columnist who lives in Baltimore, Maryland and writes about love, loss, and healing. A Morehead-Cain Scholar ... Read More...

Is the Key to Being Resilient, Keeping Hope Realistic? An Interview with Memoirist, Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

Maribel Garcia
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In this memoir, we meet Becky Galli. We are first introduced to the author's life while she is safely ensconced in a pretty idyllic 1960s southern upbringing-complete with the pastor father and a stay-at-ho... Read More...

“Notes on a Banana” by David Leite: Book Review by Sala Wyman

Sala Wyman
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This book is about so much more than food. David Leite’s Notes on a Banana is so much more than a memoir about his journey as a food writer. Leite walks his readers through a poignant world of self-discover... Read More...
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