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Dear Friend from My Life I Write to You in Your Life

Critical Essays

Jane Alison and Ander Monson on Narrative Form
BySarah Appleton Pine April 29, 2019January 30, 2026

The arc can only take narrative so far before it crashes, particularly when it comes to personal writing.

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Critical Essays

Innocent Mothers and Selfish Daughters
ByYasmin Adele Majeed August 10, 2017January 30, 2026

The daughters of Jenny Zhang’s debut story collection Sour Heart and Yiyun Li’s memoir in essays Dear Friend from My Life I Write to You in Your Life are formed from the hardest love: their mothers’.

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