Interviews with Uwem Akpan, Anne Lamott, Mary Karr and Junot Diaz
Four writers who helped us explore how to find your purpose talk about what makes them feel most like themselves.
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the November 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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Author of Bird by Bird, Traveling Mercies, and Imperfect Birds (Riverhead), out in April. I look most like myself...in worn jeans and a tight-ish white T-shirt. I act most like myself...at church, overeating after worship. I feel most like myself... lying in bed on Sunday mornings with the dogs and the cat, reading The New York Times. I feel least like myself...when I have to socialize with people I do not know. Keep Reading: Just how do you find your own calling? Lamott talks about where to start Next: When Mary Karr acts most like herself |
