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The art of memoir /

Title:
The art of memoir /
Author:
Karr, Mary.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Lesley Sherrill, MassArt
Contents:
Caveat emptor -- Welcome to my chew toy -- The past's vigor -- The truth contract twixt writer and reader -- Why not to write a memoir: Plus a pop quiz to protect the bleeding & box out the rigid -- A voice conjures the human who utters it -- Don't try this at home: The seductive, narcissistic count -- Sacred carnality -- How to choose a detail -- Hucksters, the deluded, and big fat liars -- Interiority and inner enemy: Private agonies read deeper than external whammies -- On finding the nature of your talent -- The visionary Maxine Hong Kingston -- Dealing with beloveds (on and off the page) -- On information, facts, and data -- Personal run-ins with fake voices -- On book structure and the order of information -- The road to hell is paved with exaggeration -- Blind spots and false selves -- Truth hunger: The public and private burning of Kathryn Harrison -- Old-school technologies for the stalled novice -- Major reversals in Cherry and Lit -- Why memoirs fail -- An incomplete checklist to stave off dread -- Michael Herr: Start in Kansas, end in Oz -- Against vanity: In praise of revision.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Lesley/EDS-Sherrill Library Main Stacks
CT25 .K32 2015 – Available
  • Lost, Withdrawn
MassArt Main
CT25 .K32 2015 – Available