Mary Karr

Best-selling author, Mary Karr knows a thing or two about the art form of writing a memoir. And she is spreading that knowledge in her latest book. 

Mary Karr's new book, Lit, is the third in a series of memoirs. She tells Alec Baldwin about getting to the truth in her writing. She also talks about recovering from alcoholism and developing a spiritual life, and reads from her poem, "

Karr reads the entire poem from her collection, Viper Rum.

Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club, about her hardscrabble Texas childhood, and Cherry, her account of her adolescence new memoir, discusses her new memoir, Lit, a frank account of her descent into addiction and her struggles to overcome alcoholism and depression.

Event: Mary Karr will be reading, ...