https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/reason-for-writing/8048/playwright-sarah-ruhl-on-writing-her-memoir-smileen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/reason-for-writing/8048/playwright-sarah-ruhl-on-writing-her-memoir-smileTue, 21 Sep 2021 14:15:44 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:21e4222c-bead-4231-a500-b329670fa97dSarah Ruhlhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/nonfiction/w/reason-for-writing/8048/playwright-sarah-ruhl-on-writing-her-memoir-smile#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Reason for Writing by Sarah Ruhl on 9/21/2021 2:15:44 PM<br /> <p><br />MacArthur Genius and two-time Pulitzer finalist Sarah Ruhl introduces <em>Smile</em>, her memoir detailing her extraordinary ten-year medical and metaphysical odyssey that brought her physical, creative, emotional, and spiritual healing.</p> <p>In a series of piercing, witty, and lucid meditations, Ruhl chronicles her journey as a patient, wife, mother, and artist. She explores the struggle of a body yearning to match its inner landscape, the pain of postpartum depression, the story of a marriage, being a playwright and working mom to three small children, and the desire for a resilient spiritual life in the face of illness.</p> <p>For more on this author visit <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Sarah-Ruhl/171155836">https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Sarah-Ruhl/171155836</a>.<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXB6WnvEUV4">www.youtube.com/watch</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, video</div>