Custodians of Memory

William Zinsser on writing memoir

Closeup photo of a fountain pen resting on top of an notebook

Want to write a memoir? Become a custodian of memory, says William Zinnser.

Writers are the custodians of memory, and that’s what you must become if you want to leave some kind of record of your life and of the family you were born into.

— William Zinsser, “How to Write a Memoir,” The American Scholar, May 12, 2015, https://theamericanscholar.org/how-to-write-a-memoir/


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Ryan writes for weary pilgrims learning to follow Jesus through the wilderness. For nearly nine years, he served as a lead pastor at a church in Escondido, California. He currently works as a chaplain with a hospice organization in San Diego.

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