Memoirs: Why You Probably Shouldn't Write One

The Problem With Memoirs: A Moment Of Silence, Please, For The Lost Art Of Shutting Up

There was a time when you had to earn the right to draft a memoir, by accomplishing something noteworthy or having an extremely unusual experience or being such a brilliant writer that you could turn relatively ordinary occurrences into a snapshot of a broader historical moment. Anyone who didn't fit one of those categories was obliged to keep quiet. Unremarkable lives went unremarked upon, the way God intended.

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