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Meaningful conversation when your loved one is on hospice—here’s help
Meaningful conversation when your loved one is on hospice—here’s help
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Life Story Links: November 1, 2022
Life Story Links: November 1, 2022

This week's curated roundup includes Dawn’s book and film picks, meditations on memoir, and more recent articles of interest to personal and family historians.

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curated roundupsDawn M. RoodeNovember 1, 2022recent memoir and biography, recent news about personal history, family history in the news Comment
Exhibit reveals history through personal portraits: “Survivors: Faces of Life after the Holocaust” review
Exhibit reveals history through personal portraits: “Survivors: Faces of Life after the Holocaust” review

“Survivors: Faces of the Holocaust” will be on display in New York City until the summer of 2023—here’s why you should see the exhibit's powerful photographs.

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reviewsDawn M. RoodeOctober 24, 2022photographic storytelling, survivors: faces of life after the holocaust, holocaust remembrance, photographer martin schoellerComment
Life Story Links: October 18, 2022
Life Story Links: October 18, 2022

This week’s curated roundup has thoughtful pieces about experimenting with form in your life writing, as well as memoir and film recs and family history tips.

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curated roundupsDawn M. RoodeOctober 18, 2022family history in the news, personal history in the news, new memoir and biopicsComment
Leave a legacy that is a blessing to your descendants
Leave a legacy that is a blessing to your descendants

Your legacy is more than the assets you leave behind—much more. Here, three ways to leave a personal legacy that has a positive impact on your loved ones.

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family history, why tell your stories?Dawn M. RoodeOctober 10, 2022leaving a legacy, legacy planning, what we bequeath to our loved onesComment
Life Story Links: October 4, 2022
Life Story Links: October 4, 2022

Curated just for you: Recent stories on the craft of life writing, memories held in objects, legacy building, new memoir, and honoring loved ones after death.

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curated roundupsDawn M. RoodeOctober 4, 2022family history in the news, personal history in the news, recent memoir, recent biography releasesComment
A fun—and easy!—exercise for generating new autobiographical writing
A fun—and easy!—exercise for generating new autobiographical writing

Want a life writing prompt that gets your pen moving AND delivers a trove of future ideas for your memoir? Here it is—and bonus, it's a fun one!

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memoir & writingDawn M. RoodeSeptember 26, 2022autobiographical writing prompts, life story writing promptsComment
Life Story Links: September 20, 2022
Life Story Links: September 20, 2022

This week's roundup includes plenty of memoir writing—both first-person pieces and guidance—plus photo archive help and family history media recommendations.

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curated roundupsDawn M. RoodeSeptember 20, 2022family archive preservation, family history in the news, personal history in the newsComment
“To Write the Past”: A supportive companion for thoughtful memoirists
“To Write the Past”: A supportive companion for thoughtful memoirists

This small yet dense self-published book comprises nine essays in which writer Sara Mansfield Taber aims to answer “the questions that plague the memoirist.”

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reviewsDawn M. RoodeSeptember 12, 2022book review, memoir writing books, to write the pastComment
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“We listen with different ears when we can feel and believe that a story is true.” ⁠
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—quote from The Moth's latest book, which I highly recommend, called "How to Tell a Story"
Does keeping up with posting on social media ever feel burdensome to you? Personally, I don't share much of my daily life on Facebook or Insta. Some stories here and there, sure. But I mostly keep up this account for my business, which is as personal
For my newest followers, allow me to introduce myself...⁠
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Personally, I believe in having an open heart, and feel most alive when connecting with other people. I value long pauses and white space, story sharing and marginalia. I’m an ou
An instance when a slightly blurry photo is worth keeping! The littlest one here is me, while my two older cousins and my grandparents' dog, Shep, don dime store birthday hats behind me. This snapshot makes me feel, it makes me remember, it makes me
Every season of our life brings new opportunities to reflect. Remember: You don't have to be "old" to want to create a record of the life you have lived.⁠
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“Writing is a powerful search mechanism, and one of its satisfactions i
Your mom has stories...do you know them? I'm talking about the stories that make her HER, not just your MOM...⁠
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If you'd like to gift your mom with personal history storytelling sessions with me, a generous and interested listener, I'd be hon
 

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