Why We Write about Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature

by Meredith Maran

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In the voices of twenty landmark memoirists--including New York Times bestselling authors Cheryl Strayed, Sue Monk Kidd, and Pat Conroy--a definitive text on the craft of autobiographical writing, indispensable for amateur and professional writers alike. For readers of Mary Karr's The Art of Memoir and Judith Barrington's Writing the Memoir , this follow-up to editor Meredith Maran's acclaimed writers' handbook, Why We Write, offers inspiration, encouragement,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0142181978

ISBN13:9780142181973

Release Date:January 2016

Publisher:Plume Books

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.47 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

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