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Why We Write About Ourselves

Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature

ISBN-13: 9780142181973

Contributor(s): Meredith Maran

Subjects: Literary Essays

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Plume

Publication Date: 28-01-2016

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£21.99

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About the book

For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves - bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists and memoirists - this book offers inspiration, encouragement and pithy, practical advice. Twenty of America's bestselling memoirists share their innermost thoughts and hard-earned tips with veteran author Meredith Maran, revealing what drives them to tell their personal stories, and the nuts and bolts of how they do it. With contributions from Edwidge Danticatt, A.M. Homes, Sue Monk Kidd, Edmund White and many more.

Why We Write About Ourselves

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