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I can’t help thinking about memoir as a down-and-up process: Dive down for color come up for context. Sink back down for action climb back up for self-awareness and gratitude.
Koren Zailckas
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Koren Zailckas
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 1
Historian
Memoirist
Writer
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Self
Awareness
Thinking
Color
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Sink
Helping
Climb
Action
Climbs
Back
Context
Come
Gratitude
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