Interview with Memoirist Mary Karr on Lit

Host Laura McCandlish interviews acclaimed memoirist and poet Mary Karr, author of the bestselling The Liar's Club about her hardscrabble East Texas childhood and Cherry, her drug-laced, angst-filled coming of age story. With her characteristic dry wit, Karr now returns with Lit. In the searing yet hilarious memoir, Karr descends into alcoholism and madness as a young mother and struggling poet, only to be saved by an unlikely faith. In December, Lit made The New York Times' "The 10 Best Books of 2009" list.