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4 Writers On What Makes Them Feel Most Like Themselves

Four writers who helped us explore how to find your purpose talk about what makes them feel most like themselves.


Mary Karr

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Mary Karr

Poet, memoirist, and Guggenheim Fellow, whose latest memoir, Lit (Harper), comes out this month.

I look most like myself…in a piece of couture garb that I got at a sample sale.

I act most like myself…all the time. I'm doomed to act like myself, even when it's inconvenient!

I feel most like myself…walking in New York.

I felt least like myself…when I drank and did drugs.

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Who Are You Meant to Be?

From the November 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine