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Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 229 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Karr breaks down the key elements of great literary memoir, opening our concepts of memory and identity, and illuminating the cathartic power of reflecting on the past; anybody with an inner life or complicated history, whether writer or reader, will relate.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xxii, 116 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Rich, funny, and moving personal narratives depend on a few key moments in time to anchor the story and give it impact. Shimmering Images teaches the aspiring memoirist how to locate key memories using Lisa's technique for finding, linking, and fleshing out those vibrant recollections of important moments and situations.
Shimmering Images will address:
*the difference between memoir and autobiography
*how to claim your voice
*the art of storytelling
*honesty,...
Author
Publisher
Terapiasverdes
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
167 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
Escribe tu vida. El placer de narrarteUn viaje íntimo con 16 etapas y 60 ejercicios inspiradoresSilvia Adela Kohan, la autora del exitoso Escribir para sanar, nos propone ahora escribir nuestra vida y hacerlo a lo largo de un viaje íntimo. Escribe tu vida es escribir sobre uno mismo, ya sea para la creación literaria o para conocerse mejor. A medida que avances en las distintas etapas del viaje y hagas los ejercicios, podrás conocer las razones...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
x, 446 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Robert Hass--former poet laureate, winner of the National Book Award, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize--illuminates the formal impulses that underlie great poetry in this accessible volume of essays drawn from a series of lectures he delivered at the renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop, "--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Physical Desc
xxi, 309 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
"Millions of Americans want to write about their lives. With this book as the road map for getting started and following through, writers and readers will gain a deeper understanding of their own minds, learn to connect with their senses in order to find the detail and truth that give their written words power and authenticity, and unfold the natural structure of the stories they carry within. Through timed, associative, and meditative exercises,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
November 2018.
Physical Desc
176 pages cm
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart has written a poignant and instructive guide for all aspiring graphic memoirists detailing the tenets of artistry and story-telling inherent in the medium. Hart examines what makes a graphic memoir great, and shows you how to do it. With two dozen professional examples and a deep-dive into his own story, Hart encourages readers to hone their signature style in the best...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 20 cm
Description
After her mother's death, the narrator, a writer, recalls all that made her complicated mother extraordinary. Even though she wants to respect her mother's nearly pathological sense of privacy, she must decide whether chronicling this remarkable life is an act of love or betrayal.
Author
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xix, 587 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Melville Biography: An Inside Narrative is Hershel Parker's history of the writing of Melville biographies, enriched by his intimate working relationships with great Melvilleans, dead and living. The first part is a mesmerizing autobiographical account of what went into creating his award-winning two-volume life of Herman Melville. Next, Parker traces six decades the persistent war New Critics have waged against biographical scholarship on Melville....
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Formats
Description
Two excerpts from never-before-seen notebooks offer insights into the author's literary mind and process and includes notes on her Sacramento upbringing, her life in the Gulf states, her views on prominent locals and her experiences during a formative "Rolling Stone" assignment.
Author
Description
"In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's account of a relationship gone bad and bold dissection of hte mechanisms and cultural representations of pyschological abuse. Machado traces the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, and struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. Each chapter in this inventive memoir is driven by its own narrative trope--the haunted house,...
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Publisher
The Feminist Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; cm
Description
"In these daring essays, some of the most provocative writers of our time offer a private view on a public figure, and in doing so, reveal themselves. Original essays by Mary Gaitskill on Linda Lovelace, Rick Moody on Karen Dalton, Johanna Fateman on Andrea Dworkin, Hanne Blank on MFK Fisher, Kate Zambreno on Kathy Acker, Justin Vivian Bond on Karen Graham, Jill Nelson on Aretha Franklin, Zoe Pilger on Mary Gaitskill"--
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiv, 254 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"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...
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