We just have to keep the memoir debate going until I finish mine

I'm devastated to have missed Ben Yagoda, author of Memoir: A History on Wednesday at Freerange Nonfiction Reading Series (see previous post) but on Poor Your Soul, Freerange proprietor Mira has a breakdown on the lecture he gave, in which he assigns and subtract points to various memoirs for criteria like "Dialogue" and "Rips on People", revealing that St. Augustine is currently beating Sarah Palin by around 40 points (surprisingly?) He also sets out to explain the insatiable current hunger we as a society have for "true stories" (translation: "untrue stories"). It's worth reading.

An Epiphany on the Bowery

in honor of the release of Epiphany's Winter/Spring '09 issue. Along with several other stirring story-tellers, reading will feature the talent of Mira Ptacin-Jackson, reading an essay about the uterus. It's guaranteed to be as lovely as the lovingly-rendered illustration above.

NAKED PSYCHES ON THE BOWERY

Epiphany is proud to announce the release of its Winter/Spring ’09 issue, Naked Psyches. Epiphany will be celebrating the release of Naked Psyches with a reading and launch party on March 25th from 6-8 at the Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, N.Y.C. (Admission: $5, Admission + Naked Psyches: $10, Admission + one-year subscription: $15.)