Brooks, Melanie
Summary: "Acclaimed memoirists describe the process of writing their most painful memories In her attempt to write a memoir about her father's death from a secret AIDS infection in 1985, Melanie Brooks was left with some painful questions: What does it take to write an honest memoir? And what happens to us when we embark on that journey? Would she manage it? Brooks sought guidance from the memoirists...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.06 BRORentzenbrink, Cathy
Summary: "Why do we want to write and what stops us? How do we fight the worry that no-one will care what we have to say? What can we do to overcome the obstacles in our way? Sunday Times bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shows you how to tackle all this and more in Write It All Down, a guide to putting your life on the page. Complete with a compendium of advice from amazing writers such as Dolly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bluebird, an imprint of Pan Macmillan 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.06 RENBalzer, Paula.
Summary: Talks readers through process of telling their personal stories. This title gives readers the knowledge and skills they need to turn their most important stories into meaningful reading experiences for others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.06 BALWelsh, Johnny
Summary: "A young couple pledges to stay connected to each other by disconnecting from the rest of the world for a 16-day vacation. Unplugged smartphones and devices are the first rule of the road. Chance encounters, surprising side trips, and a cast of unique characters met along the way, make this unplugged travel adventure a fun trip for anyone who has had it with today's smartphone-addicted world"
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: Karr breaks down the key elements of great literary memoir, opening our concepts of memory and identity, and illuminating 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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Summary: "A discussion of the healing benefits of memoir writing along with pragmatic advice for writing one. Includes a set of prompts, directions, and examples to help readers become writers of their own personal stories"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.06 AROPeterson, Brenda
Summary: "Whether you're writing your memoir for self-exploration, to leave a legacy, or for publication, Your Life Is A Book takes you on a step-by-step journey from concept to completion. This writer's guide to the memoir is rich with insight, advice, storytelling, and encouragement. Memoirist Brenda Peterson and New York literary agent, Sarah Jane Freymann team up to share with you their expertise in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 PETPolking, Kirk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Betterway Books 1995
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.1 POLHemley, Robin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Story Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 HEMGornick, Vivian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9492 GORKephart, Beth.
Summary: A memoir-writing guide offers writing lessons and examples for those interested in putting their memories down on paper, explains the difference between remembering and imagining, and describes the language of truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.06 KEPMetzger, Deena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 METRainer, Tristine.
Summary: Provides practical coaching on writing long or short autobiographical narratives, including a history of autobiography and examples from such writers as Maya Angelou, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Russell Baker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 RAIPiercy, Marge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Leapfrog Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 PIEPotter, Patrick
Summary: Do you want to write the story of your life but don't know where to start? This is My Life Story guides you on a journey through your life with engaging prompts, questions and thought experiments that can jump start your memories and get you writing before you know it. Every life is a story worth telling. But how do you begin? Your life story is unique, you know it’s worth telling. So what can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carpet Bombing Culture 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.06 POTFebos, Melissa
Summary: Drawing on her own experiences, the author of the critically acclaimed memoir "Whip Smart" discusses how to confront the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing about our most intimate lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collier Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 MUNSpence, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 SPEVonnegut, Kurt.
Summary: ..."The final three novels of the visionary master who defined a generation. Bluebeard (1987) is the colorful history of a phenomenally gifted realist painter who, in the 1950s, betrayed his artistic vision for commercial success. Now, at seventy-one, he writes his memoirs and plots his revenge on the worldly forces that conspired to corrupt his talent. In Hocus Pocus (1990), a freewheeling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VONHauser, Susan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 HAURentzenbrink, Cathy
Summary: "Why do we want to write and what stops us? How do we fight the worry that no-one will care what we have to say? What can we do to overcome the obstacles in our way? Sunday Times bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shows you how to tackle all this and more in Write It All Down, a guide to putting your life on the page. Complete with a compendium of advice from amazing writers such as Dolly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bluebird, an imprint of Pan Macmillan 2022
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Summary: A companion to "A Field Guide for Getting Lost" explores the ways that people construct lives from stories and connect to each other through empathy, narrative, and imagination, sharing anecdotes about historical figures and members of the author's own family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay SolnitSummary: "Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them. These wide-ranging interviews are conducted by Pamela Paul, the editor of the The New York Times Book Review, featuring personalities as varied as David Sedaris, Hilary Mantel, Michael Chabon, Khaled Hosseini, Anne Lamott, and James Patterson. These questions and answers admit us...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 800 BYLe Carre, John
Summary: "From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John Le Carre has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his highly anticipated memoir, Le Carre is as funny as he is incisive, reading into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016