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I don't think you can take a whole genre of very popular books and say, "This is all trash!" When we read a memoir that isn't by a celebrity, we feel like we're about to go on a journey and we don't know where the journey will lead. But when we read a memoir by a celebrity we feel like we already know the journey and we just want to travel it.

"'Getting to Take on That Life Temporarily'". Interview with Kathryn Borel, Jr., logger.believermag.com. July 21, 2015.
I don't think you can take a whole genre of very popular books and say, This is all trash! When we read a memoir that isn't by a celebrity, we feel like we're about to go on a journey and we don't know where the journey