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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