Just finished one of the best writer-memoirs I've ever read

Was recommended Tom Grimes' Mentor by...some article. Read it in less than a day. The book is amazing. Grimes was a waiter who got into the Iowa Writer's Workshop and formed a close friendship with workshop director Frank Conroy (whose most famous book is the memoir Stop Time). The book is an extremely perceptive and honest look at what it means to be a…


