The memoir details hepolas lifelong relationship with alcohol, using equal parts gutwrenching honesty and wry, biting humor. Sarah hepolas blackout, on the darkness that took over. Jul 20, 2015 blackout author sarah hepola on drinking as a coping mechanism and the therapy of writing all these different things that im carrying through the world, alcohol somehow comes in to fix. Blackout, the debut memoir by salon editor sarah hepola, is one such memoir. I literally gasped when, early in the book, she admits to breastfeeding until the first day. The first time sarah hepola, author of the new memoir blackout. Her writing has appeared in the new york times, the new republic, slate, glamour, the guardian, and the morning news, where she has been a contributor for more than a decade. Jun 17, 2015 so writes sarah hepola, in her new book blackout. Shots health news writer sarah hepola once got so drunk before giving a.
The memoir details hepolas lifelong relationship with alcohol, using equal parts gutwrenching honesty and. Hepola, whos the personal essays editor at salon, knows her way. Julie beck is a senior editor at the atlantic, where she oversees the family section, and is the creator of the friendship files. The book engages universal questions where do i belong. Her writing is superb, but her emotional insight is even greater. Depictions of people in recovery are actually getting better salon. Walter kirn, author of blood will out and up in the air sarah hepolas blackout is the best kind of memoir. Author sarah hepola on body shame, drunk sex and sobriety. Sarah hepola is the author of the bestselling blackout and the upcoming unattached her essays have appeared in the new york times magazine, texas monthly, elle, bloomberg businessweek, the guardian, slate, and salon, where she was a longtime editor. She also contributes short personal essays to nprs fresh air. Sarah hepolas writing has appeared in the new york times magazine, new republic, glamour, slate, guardian, and salon, where she was a longtime editor.
For sarah hepola, alcohol was the gasoline of all adventure. Remembering things i drank to forget, chronicles her addiction to alcohol with brutal honesty and brilliant humor. Jun 26, 2015 sarah hepola is the personal essays editor at salon. A path from blackout drunkenness to sobriety and self. For her book, she speaks to scientists and other experts. Author sarah hepola on body shame, drunk sex and sobriety flare. The most beautiful moment in the book is hepola, miserable in sobriety, taking her elderly cat for a walk through her neighborhood in nyc on a leash. Its as lyrically written as a literary novel, as tightly wound as a thriller. Previously she was personal essays editor at salon, and a contributing editor at nerve. Blackout by sarah hepola, 9781473616103, available at book. Her writing has appeared in the new york times magazine, new republic, glamour, slate, guardian, and morning news. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Dallas observeri love a recovery memoir, just in general, but sarah hepolas blackout. Sarah hepola is the personal essays editor at salon. Author sarah hepola on her new memoir, blackout vogue. Why sarah hepola needed to write a memoir about getting. Shots health news writer sarah hepola once got so drunk before giving a presentation to 300 people that she didnt remember. In blackout, author and longtime salon editor hepola traces the evolution of her relationship with alcohol from childhood stolen sips of fridge beers through to her turbulent young adulthood. Remembering the things i drank to forget, was a new york times bestseller. Her writing has been published by the new york times magazine, the new republic, elle, glamour, the guardian, slate, and the morning news, where she is a contributing writer. Prior to reading it id read a number of extracts online, and decided that hepolas memoir of addiction and recovery offered a more enticing read while holidaying in corsica than tolstoys epic tale was able to. A path from blackout drunkenness to sobriety and selfacceptance author sarah hepola once got so drunk before a presentation that she didnt remember it the next day. Cameron dezen hammon in conversation wsarah hepola deep. Even though sarah hepola edits personal essays for salon, she didnt start off wanting to write a memoir.
Travel columnist, music editor, film critic, sex blogger, and for about 15 seconds in the late 90s, she taught. Sarah hepola has written many stories about drinking and eating too much. She is a reporter with a poets instincts, an anthropologist of her own soul. Sarah hepola is the author of the new york times bestselling memoir.
Blackout is a book about drinking and eventual sobriety, but its also an exploration of the fleeting nature of the comfort we all constantly seekcomfort with the self, with others, with the whole maddening, confusing, exhilarating world. Blackout author sarah hepola on drinking as a coping. Sarah hepola on blackout and the lessons of sobriety salon speaks to hepola about trust, consent and new beginnings, as. Jul 30, 2015 a path from blackout drunkenness to sobriety and selfacceptance. The memoir focuses on hepolas alcoholism and ultimate recovery, written. Sarah hepolas blackout grapples with the painfully honest. Jun 08, 2016 sarah hepola this is about a woman learning to trust her gut.
Remembering the things i drank to forget, got drunk, she was eleven years old, visiting her cousin for summer vacation. For texasbased writer sarah hepola, they went together like peanut butter and jam, and for decades. Previously she was personal essays editor at salon, and a contributing editor at nerve, where she also ran the scanner blog on sex and culture. Jul 06, 2015 last month, dallasbased author sarah hepola released her first book, blackout. Former salon editor sarah hepola doesnt hold back in this book.
The writing is incredibly smart and maintains a level of intensity you dont often find in longform memoirs. Hepola, an editor at salon, explores the causes and consequences of her addiction to alcohol, especially beer. These are just two of the many poignant, heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes in the east dallas authors memoir, blackout. When i first got drunk at that party that i describe in the book, i was. Her writing style is brash enough to pummel you into the ground, but honest. A book about freedom that will help set others free as well.
Remembering the things i drank to forget has garnered tons of acclaim. Hard to believe the whole thing started on salon, four and a half years ago, when i. Luckily for us, it gets a good workingout in sarah hepolas blackout. Remembering the things i drank to forget paperback. Her essays on culture have appeared in the new york times magazine, the new republic, glamour, the guardian, nerve, slate, and the morning news, where she has been a contributing. Sarah hepolas blackout grapples with the painfully. Jun 23, 2015 sarah hepola has written many stories about drinking and eating too much.
Sarah hepola remembers a road and an uncertain future in mexico below. Ean1since its publication this summer, salon editor sarah hepolas blackout. Her essays on culture have appeared in the new york times magazine, elle, the new republic, glamour, the guardian, slate, the morning news, and salon, where she was a longtime editor. Remembering the things i drank to forget, is an absolute standout in the genre. The book makes a case for toughness as both a valuable alternate default for.
Sarah hepola, author of blackout a writer remembers what she drank to forget sarah hepolas memoir blackout is filled with stories that are both funny and tragic about how she. Hepola, an editor at salon, explores the causes and. I could get married here but didnt the new york times. Sarah hepola, author of blackout a writer remembers what she drank to forget sarah hepolas memoir blackout is filled with stories. Remembering the things i drank to forget and the former personal essays editor at salon. Oct 09, 2015 ean1since its publication this summer, salon editor sarah hepolas blackout. She lives in east dallas, where she enjoys playing her guitar poorly and listening to melancholy songs about other peoples broken hearts. Sarah hepolas blackout, for the girls that didnt want to be. Remembering the things i drank to forget paperback june 7, 2016.
Sarah hepola has spent a lifetime going over what happened in that empty apartment, and processing the factors and influences that led her to that moment. Last month, dallasbased author sarah hepola released her first book, blackout. Sarah hepola on blackout and the lessons of sobriety salon speaks to hepola about trust, consent and new beginnings, as well as. Jun 27, 2015 drinking by 11, alcoholic by 20, sober by 35. I received an early copy of her first book, a memoir titled blackout, and read it quickly. Remembering the things i drank to forget sarah hepola. Sarah hepola this is about a woman learning to trust her gut. It was a union wrought by an early and traumatic sexual experience and, as such, separating intimacy from the lubricant that is alcohol proved trickythough maybe not as difficult as separating her writing life from her drinking life. Blackout is a book about drinking and eventual sobriety, but its also an exploration of the fleeting nature of the comfort we all constantly seek comfort with the self, with others, with the whole maddening, confusing, exhilarating world. One of things i wanted to do in my book is make women aware they are. Sarah hepola audio books, best sellers, author bio. She began editing my work at salon three years ago and ive learned much from her incisive edits of my writing. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Cameron dezen hammon in conversation wsarah hepola.
Sarah hepolas essays have appeared in the new york times magazine, texas monthly, elle, bloomberg businessweek, the guardian, buzzfeed, slate, and salon, where she was a longtime editor. A path from blackout drunkenness to sobriety and selfacceptance. She has written many stories about drinking and eating too much. Her essays have appeared in the new york times magazine, texas monthly, elle, bloomberg businessweek, the guardian, slate, and salon, where she was a. Sarah hepola opens up on memoir, blackout dallas observer.
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