Lit: A Memoir
Episode Summary
A new memoir by the author of The Liar's Club, about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live.
Participant(s) Bio
Mary Karr is the author of four volumes of poetry, including Sinners Welcome, Viper Rum, The Devil's Tour, and Abacus. Karr's first memoir, The Liars' Club, won the PEN Martha Albrand Award for best first nonfiction. The sequel, Cherry, about her adolescence was a New York Times bestseller. She lives in Syracuse and New York City.
Credits
ALOUD audio is presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and made possible through support provided by The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Righteous Persons Foundation, City National Bank, K&L Gates, KPMG, Sue and David Rosenblum, Wallis Foundation, Donna and Martin J. Wolff and The Boudjakdji Foundation. Additional support provided by The Council of the Library Foundation, Library Foundation members, and the Los Angeles Public Library. Media support provided by KPPC 83.9 FM and KUSC 91.5 FM. ALOUD theme composed by Larry Karush.