Memoir Resources

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BOOKS ABOUT WRITING:

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THE ANATOMY OF PROSE, 12 steps to Sensational Sentences by Sacha Black

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THE MEMOIR PROJECT, a Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing and Life by Marion Roach Smith

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THE ARTFUL EDIT, On the Practice of Editing Yourself by Susan Bell

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THE ART OF MEMOIR by Mary Karr

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MAKE A SCENE, Writing a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time by Jordan Rosenfeld

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THE EMOTIONAL THESAURUS: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi

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MEMOIRS WORTH READING:

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KNOW MY NAME by Chanel Miller

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BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah

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THE COLOR OF WATER by James McBride

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THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion

 

MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gottlieb

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EAT, PRAY, LOVE: One Woman's Search for Everything Across, Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

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TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom

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THE COLOR OF WATER: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother by James McBride

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RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Augusten Burroughs

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HILLBILLY ELEGY: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

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ANGELAS ASHES by Frank McCourt

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THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls 

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