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Koren Zailckas

American Writer

Born: 1980

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What makes a narcissistic mother so scary? Her absolute power and controlling influence. A narcissistic mother is your only 'friend,' at least until you're old enough to go to school. Koren Zailckas

America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones. Koren Zailckas

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In my early to mid-20s, a fear of confrontation made it difficult for me to end relationships in a mature or even quasi-sane way. Instead, I would hang on resentfully, praying that my doomed beau would end things first and spare me the displeasure. To add hindrance to hang-up, the men I chose were usually just as stoic as I was. Koren Zailckas

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I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack your head open and examine every uncomfortable thing in there. Koren Zailckas

Me You Writing Own Every Memoir Anesthesia Examine My Own Uncomfortable Open Head Idea Like Know Cathartic Felt Always Crack Where Your Originated Thing Playing

I have been a ballerina, a cheerleader and a sorority girl. I was the girliest girl alive. Koren Zailckas

Girl Alive Cheerleader Ballerina Been

Reading Poe was like a near-death experience, the kind that makes you feel fragile and free in its wake. I felt almost as though I'd scared myself alive. Koren Zailckas

Myself You Experience Free Reading Alive Though Kind Scared Poe Almost Feel Like Felt Makes Wake Fragile

Why is Kris Jenner a powerhouse? Because some part of us confuses fame and infamy, too. If she really bothered us half as much as we claim she does, we'd look away and stop feeding her empire. Koren Zailckas

I think what I learned in research is that as Americans, we're very distrustful of anger. We're not sure if we should repress it. The idea that anger is supposed to be controlled is American, and we try to keep it out of our homes. Koren Zailckas

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