Now Go Out There audiobook

When I saw this book on Edelweiss I was attracted by the cover art then when I read the synopsis for it I knew I had to request it because I have never read any speeches but need to start doing so. Therefore I was really pleased that the Publisher approved my request and downloaded it immediately.This book caught my attention immediately so much so that I read the first 40% of it within 20 minutes of starting it. Mary's writing was almost lyrical in places and I was able to understand the message she was trying to get across to the students that the speech was for. She was trying to tell the students to be themselves and to go out into the world and do what they want to do with their lives not what other people want them to do.I know that I will re-read this book and I really want to read her other books as well. This is a book that I will both recommend to others as well buy it as a gift for anyone who I think will enjoy it. It is for these reasons that I gave the book a five star rating.

Book on the commencement speech of Mary Karr. At the start , I didn't understand why this book is famous , it seemed quite ordinary until the point where Mary Karr started to tell about her life . One of the best thing she said was about being "curious & compassionate" .I knew Mary Karr as an English professor but I never knew what she had to go through in her life , thanks to this book !It's a short novel , and one should definitely read it .Happy Reading :)

A charming little read that found me on a morning when I needed it most. I borrowed this from the library but will be buying it to flip through on days when I'm feeling down. Lovely and inspiring, not unlike Karr herself.

It will take you ten minutes to read this book/graduation speech, and you'll put it down feeling inspired.

Probably a good gift for any college grad, young adult, or empath in your life. A short speech that I anticipate coming back to.

Like Pema Chodron, who told the graduating students of Naropa University in 2014 to get curious about their mistakes as mistakes can be a portal to creativity, so said Mary Karr in her 2015 commencement address to the graduating students of Syracuse University.Mary Karr, the author of three award-winning, bestselling memoirs and the Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse Univeristy, exhorts the graduating students to banish any fear of misfortune and face their lives with optimism. Like any good storyteller, the author dips into her past, telling the students her story of drugs, poverty and mental issues that almost drove her to give up on everything. However, she counsels that the darkest roads often hides the paths to redemption and people out to be curious about what scares them. She says: "And if you can get curious about what scares or infuriates you—especially if it’s part of yourself—you can grow less scared........ And stuff that first looked like the worst, most degrading thing that could ever happen almost always led me to something extraordinary and fine."Moreover, she says that even when overcome by fear and hopelessness, we should use that to develop empathy towards those who feel as they do. As she says, "a great talent for fear could also mask a talent for empathy. For caring how others feel for tenderness."HarperCollins has made this commencement address into a book titled Now Out There (And Get Curious) to be published in April 2016. Whether you are a student or an adult, Now Go Out There is a fine read and a collection of encouraging words from someone who has gone through hard times and triumphed.

When I picked up this book, I didn't realize it was essentially a transcription of a year old commencement speech at Syracuse University, but was still glad I did.After the initial disappointment which passed in the first few pages, I got caught up In Karr's exquisite and clean prose and read the entire book in one quick sitting even while taking my time with many of the lines.I got exposed to Mary Karr over an NPR interview this past weekend, and that really caused me to pick this up. I'm still amazed how I was able to find her name even after only hearing a snippet of the interview, but all I had to search for was 'the art of a memoir.' There were some great lines I heard in that interview, not taken from this book, which is going to make me seek out some additional Mary Karr to read for sure.

From the best-selling and life changing author of several books I haven't read yet, comes this commencement speech. I have a yen for commencement speeches on paper. You can remember them or reread them. Also, this one, like a great number of those I've read recently reminds all who read it, not only those who've just graduated, that the world is full of pain. They can and must do something to mitigate it. I need that reminder occasionally. It does reference God and the way He helped the author deal with very tough circumstances and how her family brings her joy. Good stuff.