Author Diane Schoemperlen on This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications

Writers' Trust of Canada

English - May 20, 2016 16:16 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB
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Kingston writer Diane Schoemperlen recently published This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications, her story of a turbulent 6-year relationship with a prison inmate serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. She appeared at the Women's Art Association in Toronto to discuss this candid, often wry, and sometimes disturbing memoir. The event was part of the Writers' Trust of Canada Author Series program and was recorded on May 18, 2016.