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May 18, 2008
In an AP story out this week, Augusten Burroughs explains why he continues to write memoirs and would never have turned his life story into a novel, as some have suggested. At the Dallas Museum of Art on Friday, novelist Brock Clarke took the exact same argument from the opposite side, telling why he'd never write a memoir (I'd love to see Burroughs and Clarke in an actual debate). Mr. Clarke, who wrote An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, a hilarious, dead-on satire of memoirs, gave these reasons for preferring to incorporate his relatives and memories through fiction rather than memor: The AP story about Mr. Burroughs follows.  Comments (0) Leave comment
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