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more about #personalessays Uncle_Billy_Slumming: A literary mansion has been built upon the crumbly rock of having shtupped J.D Salinger back in the 70's, J.D. Salinger's fame itself arising mostly f... more » ocho97: I went to boarding school with this girl and a friend of mine called me when the Modern Love came out to tell me it was about her. She was a very mell... more » PaintedTrollop: I knew Joyce Maynard years ago, and found her to be ...odd? Maybe disturbed is a better adjective. She creeped me out big time. #joycemaynard more » GirlCat: Am I mistaken in thinking that BREAKING INTO someone's e-mail account is fucking unforgivable and possibly criminal? Also, this: "When I was very you... more » sirsnarksalot: Does it seem to any one else that most memoir writer types are raging narcissists as a rule? And golly don't those types just make the BEST parents...... more » doodley is not amused: Dear Oversharing Blogging Parents: You may want to pay close attention. This is your future. Yours, Doodley #joycemaynard more » Flackette Goes Retro: And I thought my mom joining Facebook was bad. #joycemaynard more » judgingamy: As the daughter of two writers, I should point out here that this isn't typical. It probably is, though, of writers who write compulsively about their... more » Hiroine Protagonist: Does Joyce Maynard still think she's Holden Caufield? #joycemaynard more » adiam7: Dear Aud, Momma has the New York Times biting. It's about you. I wrote it but it's about you. I also made you. You wouldn't have to go through this if... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: I like that Joyce Maynard and my father apparently went to the same school of correspondence. #joycemaynard more » KikiCanuck: Never, not even at tax time, have I been happier that my Mom is an accountant. Maynard's essay is most interesting as a snapshot of the thinking that... more » midwesternmom: What about the man at the heart of this essay, the Haitian man who tested positive for HIV? He is pretty clearly identified by his girlfriend, by the... more » whynotshesaid: Ayelet Waldman, take note! #joycemaynard more » georgina: Ahh yes, the literary version of Lohan-style communication. I'm going to guess it is about as effective (and healthy) as communicating via Twitter & I... more » LaComtesse: I thank God every day my mother is a fantasy writer. Oh, and the original essay is just crap. I don't see how it got published in the first place. Ma... more » hamburgerhotdog: Ayelet Waldman, here's your peak into the future machine! Watch and learn. #joycemaynard more » Casquivana: I know someone who is the child of a writer known for being quite the oversharer. And boy, it is difficult. I think he used to live in a constant stat... more » hollygirl: Joyce's email might as well have said, If you don't let me publish this you're mean, and selfish and don't appreciate having me, (who gave you life an... more » sybann: What say we send her the unloved Catherine? more » -
#mommyissues
She Said/She Said: Joyce Maynard's Daughter Takes 'Modern Love' Revenge
Over the summer, professional sharer Joyce Maynard, well, shared an essay about her uncommunicative daughter. Ironically, now her daughter writes a rebuttal from her perspective. Because that's how families communicate, right?
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#navelgazing
Your Daughter's Left For College? Cry Me A River
This column's title pretty much says it all: "My Universe Loses a Star". The Drama (or lack thereof) of the empty nester leaves us thinking, rather ungenerously, "And we should care because...?" More » -
#modernloveless
This Week In "Modern Love": Cancer, Drugs, & Cads
I've stopped trying to define how the New York Times defines "love," modern or otherwise. Cause it's conspicuously absent from the latest "Modern Love" essay, "The Kindness, and Xanax, of Strangers." Or is it?! -
#lovefool
Modern Love: Deadbeats Or Sugar Daddies, Our Only Choices!
"I still would love to experience life as a pampered princess, at least once." Alas, for "the accidental breadwinner," it's not to be! -
