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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 COLOR OF WATER by James McBride
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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Newsletter and classes on memoir writing.
Newsletter and classes on memoir writing.
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