By Jill Carlyle, M.A., MFA When I sit down with a new memoir client—whether they're just beginning their story or knee-deep in their...

The shape of her hairline matches mine. I turn and face the mirror hanging over her vanity and pull my salt and pepper bangs away from my...

I happened upon this book because I picked up the second in the series first, and being the obsessed reader I am, I couldn’t fathom...

“Cutting is a fence you build upon your own body to keep people out but then you cry to be touched. But the fence is barbed. What then?”...

"The painful things you were certain you'd never be able to let go? Now you're not entirely sure when they happened…" I was so excited...

“There have been so many times when I was scared to speak up because I was afraid somebody would think I was crazy. But I’ve learned that...

The mother-daughter bond may give rise to the deepest mutuality and the most painful estrangement. It is an intense yet uneasy affinity...

This post feels fitting at the moment. I was reminded of this essay that I wrote last year by a friend who is doing some research for a...

“Just get yourself to the starting line, from there, the possibilities are endless.”-JWC The hard cement floor was crowded with...