Ten Reasons to Read a Memoir About a Man Who Couldn’t Eat
Jon Reiner's ending is superb and inspiring. He teaches thoughtful lessons and leaves me with the sense that he is a better person than he was at the beginning. When he makes sense of his life, I feel...
View ArticleTen Reasons I Loved Man Who Couldn’t Eat, Part 2
When I started submitting pieces of my own memoir to critique groups, I realized with rising horror that the protagonist I was describing had been a jerk. That was the first time the thought had...
View ArticleInterview Jon Reiner, The Man Who Couldn’t Eat
Fiction provides the writer with the devices to draw from reality with less likelihood of causing personal damage, or at least provides the camouflage that enables eventual repair. You can write...
View ArticleInterview With The Man Who Couldn’t Eat, Part 2
When I understood what event would comprise the end of the story, I also acknowledged that the event marked the one-year anniversary from the inciting incident at the beginning of the story. The...
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