Why We Write About Ourselves, Meredith Maran
Why We Write About Ourselves, Meredith Maran
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Why We Write About Ourselves
Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature

Author: Meredith Maran

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor, Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/08/2020


Synopsis

In the voices of twenty landmark memoirists—including New York Times bestselling authors Cheryl Strayed, Sue Monk Kidd, and Pat Conroy—a definitive book on the craft of autobiographical writing, indispensable for amateur and professional writers alike.

For fans 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, encouragement, and pithy, practical advice for bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists, and memoirists.

Curated and edited by Maran, herself an acclaimed author and book critic, these memoirists share the lessons they've learned through years of honing their craft. They reveal what drives them to tell their personal stories and examine the nuts and bolts of how they do it. Speaking frankly about issues ranging from turning oneself into an authentic, compelling character to exposing hard truths, these outstanding authors disclose what keeps them going, what gets in their way, and what they love most—and least—about writing about themselves.

About Meredith Maran

Meredith Maran is the author of fifteen books, including Why We Write and Why We Write About Ourselves. She's a book critic and essayist for newspapers and magazines including the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Salon.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melissa on May 22, 2023

Published in 2016, "Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature," edited by Meredith Maran, is an excellent collection of essays by bestselling authors on why they write, and what kind of craft tips they recommend to aspiring m......more

Goodreads review by Alisha on December 03, 2015

I received this book as part of the Penguin Random House First to Read program. As an aspiring writer, Why We Write About Ourselves opened my eyes to a whole new realm of writing that I hadn't considered entering. The featured authors' essays on why they write memoirs were triumphant, interesting and......more