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Joyce Maynard, the bestselling author of Labor Day, will discuss the subject of writing memoir, and the issues raised by the telling of what some critics have considered a forbidden story--the story of her life.

About the author
Joyce Maynard first came to national attention with the publication of her New York Times cover story, An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back on Life, in 1973, when she was a freshman at Yale. Since then, she has been a regular contributor to NPR and national magazines including Vogue, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Newsweek. She is the author of fourteen books, including the novel To Die For and the best-selling memoir, At Home in the World. Her novel, Labor Day, is currently being developed as a motion picture to be adapted and directed by Jason Reitman.