Author: marykarr

A New York Times bestselling author recounts her troubled childhood with wit and humor in this “dazzling, devastating memoir” (Vogue) with over 19,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads. “Funny, lively, and unputdownable” (USA Today).

A celebration of curiosity, compassion, and the surprising power of fear, based on the New York Times bestselling author and renowned professor’s 2015 commencement address at Syracuse University. “Being smart and rich are lucky, but being curious & compassionate will save your ass.” Every year there are one or two commencement speeches that strike a chord with audiences far greater than the student bodies for which they are intended. In 2015 Mary Karr’s speech to the graduating class of Syracuse University caught fire, hailed across the Internet as one of the most memorable in recent years, and lighting up the…