I think the act of lying can be separated from the genre of memoir. Though often times, people are unaware of their own subjectivity.

I like the fact that second person puts the reader in the story. It makes them, whether they like it or not, complicit in the action.

One of the things I love most about second person is that it reminds the reader that they are reading a text. It doesn't allow them to drift into the story and not notice that they are reading a book - a book that has an author.

The biggest thing was that second person allowed me to trick myself into revealing more about myself. It gave me an authorial distance to get closer to the action and emotions, if that makes sense.

I have an MFA in writing. It is debatable if they are right for everyone, but I had a mentor who really changed my life, so it worked for me.

My teaching career started with me teaching comp at a very small school in Buffalo. And I was terrible at that point. They never should have hired me.

I wasn't doing much work when I was using and drinking. I have friends who did it (work), but I wasn't one of those people.