The art of memoir
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New York, NY : Harper, [2015].
ISBN
9780062223067, 0062223062, 9780062223074, 0062223070
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Elmwood Park Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
809.93592 KARR
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, [2015].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxiii, 229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780062223067, 0062223062, 9780062223074, 0062223070

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226).
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Author of three memoirs of her own, Mary Karr synthesizes her expertise as graduate writing professor and therapy patient, writer and spiritual seeker, recovered alcoholic and "black belt sinner," providing an irreverent window into the mechanics and art of the form. Anchored by excerpts from her favorite memoirs and anecdotes from fellow writers' experience, The Art of Memoir lays bare Karr's own process. In addition, all those inside stories about how she dealt with family and friends after writing about them get told -- and the dark spaces in her own skull probed in depth. As she breaks down the key elements of great literary memoir, she breaks open our concepts of memory and identity, and illuminates the cathartic power of reflecting on the past. Anybody with an inner life or complicated history, whether writer or reader, will relate.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Karr, M. (2015). The art of memoir (First edition.). Harper.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Karr, Mary. 2015. The Art of Memoir. Harper.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Karr, Mary. The Art of Memoir Harper, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Karr, Mary. The Art of Memoir First edition., Harper, 2015.

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