I went to Patti See's presentation last night at the public library. She didn't give as much "how to" as I expected. She read a selection of recent work, about her mother in assisted-living. It seemed to resonate with the audience, most around my age. The audience questions were about how to disengage from emotional topics and how to tell the truth without being insulting. Interesting.
Her writing is very observational and I enjoyed it but unless I read her work myself, it's hard to know how much of the flavor was in her presentation and how much in the writing.
For something completely different, I'm going to see Patrick Rothfuss on Thursday, who writes fantasy fiction. (Is there fantasy nonfiction?)
The only writing of hers that I have read has appeared in Volume One. One article in particular that I remeber was thoughts on an upcoming class reunion of hers. As you say, it was observational. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
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