Meghan Daum

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1) Life would be perfect if I lived in that house

Author

Daum, Meghan

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

245 p. ; 22 cm.

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Chronicles the author's obsession with finding the perfect house, which culminated in her depleting her life savings to purchase a 900-square-foot bungalow with ancient plumbing and a junk-filled garage.

2) The unspeakable: and other subjects of discussion

Author

Daum, Meghan

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

2014.

Physical Desc

244 pages ; 22 cm

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"A master of the personal essay candidly explores love, death, and the counterfeit rituals of American life In her celebrated 2001 collection, My Misspent Youth, Meghan Daum offered a bold, witty, defining account of the artistic ambitions, financial anxieties, and mixed emotions of her generation. The Unspeakable is an equally bold and witty, but also a sadder and wiser, report from early middle age. It's a report tempered by hard times. In "Matricide,"...

3) The problem with everything: a journey through the new culture wars

Author

Daum, Meghan

Publisher

Gallery Books

Pub. Date

[2019]

Physical Desc

xxiii, 224 pages ; 24 cm

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"A book blending memoir, reporting, and argument, which drills past the obvious political opinions of our moment in an attempt to make sense of our social and political landscape, particularly with regards to feminism and the various layers of the Trump Resistance movement"--

4) Selfish, shallow, and self-absorbed: sixteen writers on the decision not to have kids

Publisher

Picador

Pub. Date

2015.

Physical Desc

vi, 282 pages ; 22 cm

5) Why we write about ourselves: twenty memoirists on why they expose themselves (and others) in the name of literature

Publisher

Plume

Pub. Date

[2016]

Physical Desc

xiv, 254 pages ; 21 cm

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"Everything an aspiring memoirist needs to know, in one readable volume, a follow-up to the acclaimed writers' handbook Why We Write For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves--bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists, and memoirists--this book offers inspiration, encouragement, and pithy, practical advice. Twenty of America's bestselling memoirists share their innermost thoughts and hard-earned tips with veteran author...