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I can’t be terrified and curious at the same time." — Mary KarrMary Karr&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/marykarrlit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@marykarrlit</a>) is the author of three award-winning, bestselling memoirs:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Liars-Club-Memoir-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143107798/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Liars’ Club</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cherry-Mary-Karr/dp/0141002077/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cherry</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lit-Memoir-P-S-Mary-Karr/dp/0060596996/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lit</a>. 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#479: Mary Karr — The Master of Memoir on Creative Process and Finding Gifts in the Suffering

Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig