Going from memoir to fiction was fantastic. I had been afraid to move away from memoir; I'd written some novel drafts, but they weren't well received by my agent at the time, and it had been drilled into me that… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to write a book with no real male characters, but men were not important to my narrator, who was much more interested in maternal and pseudo-maternal love, so they were unimportant to me. I didn't even notice the lack of men in the story until I finished it. But once I did notice it, I was… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share
I remain an active volunteer in the field of at-risk youth, so I'm pretty familiar with the landscape as it stands now, but I… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
Kyria Abrahams, former teen bride of a doomsday cult and seeker of salvation in slam poetry, tells the terribly funny story of her improbable… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
You read so much about the healing power of memoir, but you don't read about the wounding power it has first. The recollection of… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
Kerry Cohen's powerful, transfixing story will be familiar to many women, most of whom won't want to admit it. In this heartfelt and authentic… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
Anybody who severs their own Achilles tendon, takes blood thinners to induce a hospital stay , or beats themselves with their fists hurts themselves… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
Going from memoir to fiction was fantastic. I had been afraid to move away from memoir; I'd written some novel drafts, but they weren't… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
Those of us who obsess over every word and action are constantly recalling past events, but that doesn't make them any less painful, nor… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
I feel a lot of sympathy for the young women I've written about, including Younger Janice. I think that all of them (me in… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
