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Tag Archives: Lynn Darling
The Books: Necessary Sins, by Lynn Darling
Daily Book Excerpt: Memoirs: Next book on the Memoir/Letters/Journals shelf is Necessary Sins, byLynn Darling. This is a strange situation. I read this book in 2009, and judging from the archive of long introspective posts I wrote about the book, … Continue reading
More Thoughts on Narrative: Lynn Darling’s Necessary Sins
I finished Lynn Darling’s Necessary Sins. And now I find myself thinking, yet again, about narrative. I am not sure if essay writers and memoir-writers admit how competitive they may feel about laying claim to the narrative of their lives. … Continue reading
Big Joan, Little Joan: Lynn Darling’s Necessary Sins
Yesterday was really rough. I feel like I made it home just in time before everything fell apart. Recovering today. This morning I read a little bit more of Necessary Sins by Lynn Darling. Again, I am amazed that I … Continue reading
Lynn Darling’s Necessary Sins: This is Intense, Man
Excerpt from Necessary Sins by Lynn Darling. Lee Lescaze has left his wife, his three children, and moved in with Lynn, his mistress. She has lost her position at the Washington Post. The two of them barely know each other, … Continue reading
Show up, pay attention, tell the truth, and ….
Maybe it’s because nothing is normal now … so anything that happens is going to occur to me as important and necessary (“this is exactly what I need!!”), or maybe it’s just because my life has always been a literary … Continue reading
