360 Staff Pick: Get Lit
In this new memoir, Mary Karr recounts her descent into alcoholism, the collapse of her marriage, and her eventual conversion to Roman Catholicism, unfolding in the harrowing manner of a suspense novel. Karr writes the book as an open letter to her son, perhaps using her breathtaking language as a way of asking forgiveness. Karr’s voice and wit are sharp as the sting of a Texas wasp.
Listen to Karr in coversation with WNYC’s Leonard Lopate HERE.
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