Nora Walsh Kerr
Book Review: Reunion by Hannah Pittard
Grand Central Publishing, $25, ISBN 978-1-4555-5362-4, 2014 Reunion by Hannah Pittard is a relentless combination amusement and cynicism....
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Nora Walsh Kerr
May 2, 20172 min
Achtung, Baby
Like most human relationships, the connection I have with my mother is a fluid one. We had our battles during my adolescence, mostly...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Apr 26, 20172 min
Raspberry Kisses
I recently celebrated my 23rd birthday, and weeks before the actual day, my mother called (for the third time that afternoon) to clarify...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Apr 12, 20171 min
Micro (Non)Memoir Review
Three Things I Learned from Reading Jen Sincero’s You are a Badass Running Press, $16, ISBN 978-0-7624-4769-5, 2013 She calls gratitude...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Apr 6, 20173 min
5 Reasons Why You Should Start A Blog
For all those writers out there, I'm here to tell you that you have exactly what it takes to run a successful blog. You have thoughts,...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Mar 30, 20172 min
Lessons in Puppy Love
On March 9, 2017, in a moment of complete insanity, our family decided to adopt two dogs. And when I say our family I really mean me,...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Mar 23, 20173 min
What's Hope Got To Do With It?
It all started in my Tuesday night yoga class… Katy, the most popular instructor at The Chicago Athletic Club, asked me (us) to set an...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Mar 16, 20173 min
Northwest Side Hero: Steve Reardon
Photos courtesy:Â Forest Glen Community Club Here is the fifth story in my Northwest Side Hero Project, highlighting stories about local...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Mar 9, 20173 min
Hot Gossip: It Ended Badly
It Ended Badly by Jennifer Wright is a fantastic, gossipy romp through 13 worst-of-the-worst breakups in history. Here’s what I learned:...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Mar 3, 20172 min
Writing When You Don’t Want To
“Even I have lied about writing. I have told people that writing this book has been like brushing away dirt from a fossil. What a load of...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Feb 25, 20173 min
The Meals that Shape Us
A lot of memories from my childhood are tied up with times around the dinner table. What was served—and what was not—tells a lot about a...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Feb 19, 20172 min
The Characters in Your Life Story
Good writers can tell a story. Great writers get you invested in the characters in the story and leave you missing them on the last...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Feb 3, 20171 min
Micro Memoir Review
Three Things I Learned from Reading Cherry by Mary Karr Penguin Books, $14, ISBN 0-670-89274-2, 2000 1. Karr did a lot of hallucinogenic...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Jan 25, 20173 min
So... How Does This Work?
Doing these life story books more than a few times (40 to be exact!) has created some efficiencies but I’m proud to say that this is very...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Jan 19, 20171 min
Two Years of Stories
I’m proud to say Memoir for Me turns TWO this month. In that time, I’ve told the stories of over 40 people! Highlights include: A love...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Dec 30, 20162 min
Try Writing Therapy in 2017
To all of you who have ever thought: I should write a book... someday. Make 2017 the year you finally set some of those words down on...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Dec 23, 20162 min
What a Feeling
As much as I preach to my two kids (ages 3 and 7) about the true meaning of Christmas, I know it’s futile. To a kid, the holidays are all...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Nov 23, 20162 min
This Thanksgiving, ask...then listen.
If you're gathering with family or friends tomorrow, take a break from the turkey and stuffing, the football, and the wine, to practice...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Nov 11, 20162 min
Thanks for the Memories
This week has brought joys so high I’ve felt like I was riding on a cloud, and then moments so painful I felt I might never stop crying....
Nora Walsh Kerr
Oct 25, 20162 min
My Semi-Permanent Deliverance
It was 1990 at Daniel Wright Middle School in Lincolnshire, a sleepy suburb of Chicago. I’m in 8th grade and hopelessly one of the...
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