Modern American Memoirs - Softcover
In Modern American Memoirs, two very discerning writers and readers have selected samples from 35 of the finest memoirs written in this century, including contributions by such diverse writers as Margaret Mead, Malcolm X, Maxine Hong Kingston, Loren Eisely, and Zora Neale Hurston. Chosen for their value as excellent examples of the art of biography as well as for their superb writing, the excerpts present a broad range of American life, and offer vivid insight into the real-life events that shaped their authors. Here, readers can learn about the time when Harry Crews, playing as a boy, fell into a vat of boiling water with a dead hog; Chris Offutt joined the circus and watched a tattooed woman swallow a fluorescent light; and Frank Conroy practiced yo-yo tricks.
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Compiled by Annie Dillard and publisher Cort Conley, this astonishing collection of excerpts drawn from extraordinary 20th century American memoirs delights, surprises, and enriches.
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Annie Dillard has written twelve books,including in nonfiction For the Time Being, Teaching a Stone to Talk, Holy the Firm, and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0060927631
- ISBN 13 9780060927639
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages464
- EditorAnnie Dillard
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