TagHonesty

How We Roll

If you’re serious about writing a memoir, what topics should you include, and what can you leave out? And how honest can you really be about the other people in your life? Some of America’s leading memoirists wrote things they lived to regret. And:...

Writing About Ourselves

What are you obligated to put into and leave out of a memoir? What kind of consequences should you expect if you’re completely honest about others in your life? Well-known writers, including Pat Conroy, Cheryl Strayed, Sue Monk Kidd, Anne Lamott...

A Tilted Load Proverb

Here’s an Afghan proverb about honesty: “A tilted load won’t reach its destination.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “A Tilted Load Proverb” Grant, here’s another proverb from Afghanistan. A tilted load won’t reach its destination...

chessically

chessically  adv.— «I can’t say I’ll miss Bobby Fischer. Chessically speaking, he died years ago. But I’ll continue to miss the player and artist that he was, his courageous honesty and sublime creativity. He wasn’t just a great player. He went...