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Memoir Resources
BOOKS ABOUT WRITING:
THE ANATOMY OF PROSE, 12 steps to Sensational Sentences by Sacha Black
THE MEMOIR PROJECT, a Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing and Life by Marion Roach Smith
THE ARTFUL EDIT, On the Practice of Editing Yourself by Susan Bell
THE ART OF MEMOIR by Mary Karr
MAKE A SCENE, Writing a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time by Jordan Rosenfeld
THE EMOTIONAL THESAURUS: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi
SEVEN DRAFTS, Self-Edit Like a Pro From Blank Page to Book by Allison K. Williams
MEMOIRS WORTH READING:
KNOW MY NAME by Chanel Miller
BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gottlieb
EAT, PRAY, LOVE: One Woman's Search for Everything Across, Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom
THE COLOR OF WATER: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother by James McBride
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Augusten Burroughs
HILLBILLY ELEGY: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
ANGELAS ASHES by Frank McCourt
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls
THE FACT OF A BODY by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
NORTH OF NORMAL: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both by Sea Sunrise Person
SOLITO by Javier Zamora
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