Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir

Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
ISBN-10
0395901502
ISBN-13
9780395901502
Series
Inventing the Truth
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
227
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author
Russell Baker

Description

In this perfect companion for anyone beguiled by memoirs or embarking on writing one, nine distinguished authors -- Russell Baker, Jill Ker Conway, Annie Dillard, Ian Frazier, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alfred Kazin, Frank McCourt, Toni Morrison, and Eileen Simpson -- reflect on the writing process.

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