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Published by Brand: The Eighth Mountain Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0933377401ISBN 13: 9780933377400
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Since Writing the Memoir came out in early 1997 it has sold roughly 80,000 copies and is consistently praised as "the best book on memoir out there." It is thought-provoking, explanatory, and practical: each chapter ends with writing exercises. It covers everything from questions of truth and ethics to questions of craft and the crucial retrospective voice. An appendix provides information on legal issues. Judith Barrington, an award-winning memoir writer and acclaimed writing teacher, is attuned to the forces, both external and internal, that work to stop a writer; her tone is respectful of the difficulties and encouraging of taking risks. Her nimble prose, her deep belief in the importance of this genre, and her delight in the rich array of memoirists writing today make this book more than the typical "how-to" creative writing book. In this second edition the author has added new material and reflects on issues raised since Writing the Memoir was written, early in the memoir boom. "No student of memoir writing could fail to learn from this wise, pragmatic, and confiding book. One hears on every page the voice of an intelligent and responsive teacher, with years of thinking about memoir behind her." Vivian Gornick Judith Barrington is the author of Lifesaving: A Memoir and numerous individual memoirs which have been published in literary magazines and anthologies. She is the author of three volumes of poetry: Trying to Be an Honest Woman, History and Geography, and Horses and the Human Soul (forthcoming in 2002). She has taught creative writing for the past twenty years.
Published by Brand: The Eighth Mountain Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 0933377460ISBN 13: 9780933377462
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Published by Brand: The Eighth Mountain Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0933377401ISBN 13: 9780933377400
Seller: Campbell Bookstore, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good.
Published by Brand: The Eighth Mountain Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0933377401ISBN 13: 9780933377400
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: The Eighth Mountain Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 0933377460ISBN 13: 9780933377462
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: The Eighth Mountain Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0933377525ISBN 13: 9780933377523
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: The Eighth Mountain Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 0933377088ISBN 13: 9780933377080
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.