Stop-time by Frank Conroy was the best book of 2012 that I read. It doesn't exactly tell how Frank came to writing, as it's about his childhood. He does write about his love of books, though. Memories come in quick images, pêle-mêle, so the memoir is told unchronologically.
Then I read Mentor by Tom Grimes who was Frank Conroy's apprentice at the Iowa Writer's Workshop. It tells about the Workshop's experience and what having a mentor is like.
Do you have other good writer's memoirs to recommend? I'd like to read more like these!
Then I read Mentor by Tom Grimes who was Frank Conroy's apprentice at the Iowa Writer's Workshop. It tells about the Workshop's experience and what having a mentor is like.
Do you have other good writer's memoirs to recommend? I'd like to read more like these!