I don't think there are more bad memoirs than there are bad novels: Most novels are bad and most memoirs are bad and most poems are bad and most movies are bad.
I just think genres rise and fall: When the novel began authors were seen as morally reprehensible because the books were made up. And because they didn't have any interest in truth. Obviously you can tell great truths in a novel and you can lie in a novel.
Memoirs fill the need of dealing with the real. As novels have gotten less real, memoir readership has grown.
Mary Karr
I just think genres rise and fall: When the novel began authors were seen as morally reprehensible because the books were made up. And because they didn't have any interest in truth. Obviously you can tell great truths in a novel and you can lie in a novel.
Memoirs fill the need of dealing with the real. As novels have gotten less real, memoir readership has grown.
Mary Karr
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