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Facing Shame: How Writing My Memoir Became A Spiritual Journey

Facing Shame: How Writing My Memoir Became A Spiritual Journey

Guest blog post by Laura Whitfield, who is writing a memoir entitled, All the Faces Looking Back at Me. She lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with her husband Stephen. You can follow Laura at laurawhitfield.com. People write memoir for many different reasons—as a way to 

“Art is a Guarantee of Sanity” (Louise Bourgeois, sculptress, 1911-2010)

“Art is a Guarantee of Sanity” (Louise Bourgeois, sculptress, 1911-2010)

Two weeks ago this Thursday, I felt completely sorry for myself and for my writing. This self-depreciating, pitiful behavior surfaced after I began ruminating over my 2011 creative writing submissions. Of the several major submissions I had sent to magazines and editors (which, in truth,