Why We Write about Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature Sacred Writings a young woman named Rachel

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Why We Write about Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature Sacred Writings a young woman named RachelIn the voices of twenty landmark memoirists including New York Times bestselling authors Cheryl Strayed, Sue Monk Kidd, and Pat Conroy a definitive text on the craft of autobiographical writing, indispensable for amateur and professional writers alike. For readers of Mary Karr's The Art of Memoir and Judith Barrington's Writing the Memoir, this follow up to editor Meredith Maran's acclaimed writers' handbook, Why We Write, offers inspiration,