Memoirist of the future: Jamie Varon
Welcome to a new Memoir Armoire feature where I’ll highlight some of the best writers who will one day be publishing their life stories, at least if they (and I) have anything to do with it.
I discovered Jamie Varon via Jenny Lawson aka The Bloggess, as Jamie is the design half of Shatterboxx who make fine-looking websites like Jenny’s. Jamie has her own blog, A Life in Translation, where she’s recently written about her slight anger problem, why she’s not a real grown-up, and how changing for the better can really suck sometimes, among other things.
I like the way she thinks. And writes.
I like it a lot.
Plus, when I read her about page, where she states:
I dream of being a memoirist and so, please, do not tell me about the success of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love because I’M AWARE and it gives me the worst case of the jealousies I’ve ever experienced.
I knew we were kindred spirits.
Until she gets that book deal, you can also read her writing at cool places like SF Weekly and lalawag (which is just fun to say). [Photo credit]
Do you know a memoirist of the future? Tell me all about them. (Yes, you can nominate yourself.)
