Darin Strauss
Bestselling novelist and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, Darin Strauss' recent work Half a Life addresses grief and survivor guilt with compassion and perspective. Whether speaking to writing students or support groups, Darin's passion and insights inspire his audience. Read Full BiographyBooks by Darin Strauss:
Half a Life
"Strauss explores memory, guilt, and coming-of-age from a mature vantage point that leads to enormous insight. Grade A" –Entertainment Weekly
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Half a Life
Drawing from the past, living for the future
Strauss will discuss the events of his acclaimed memoir. What starts as a personal tale of a tragic event opens into the story of how to live with a very hard fact: we can try our human best in the crucial moment, and it might not be good enough—a nakedly honest, ultimately hopeful examination of guilt, responsibility, and living with the past to understand our future.
Story-telling and Writing
Based on his teaching at New York University, a discussion on the craft of writing and his methods for fiction and non-fiction.
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