Unsayable: A Life in Writing
Why I recommend it
Cunningham writes about memory, love, and the effort to put a life into words. He shows how experience becomes material for writing.
What stayed with me
Words can bring us closer to an experience without capturing all of it. That gap gives a writer reason to keep trying.
Who it’s useful for
Writers and readers of literary memoir.
A tension or limitation
This is memory shaped into a book. It can’t give a complete or neutral account of a life.