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Writing hard stories : celebrated memoirists who shaped art from trauma

Writing hard stories : celebrated memoirists who shaped art from trauma

Book 2017

"Acclaimed memoirists describe the process of writing their most painful memories In her attempt to write a memoir about her father's death from a secret AIDS infection in 1985, Melanie Brooks was left with some painful questions: What does it take to write an honest memoir? And what happens to us when we embark on that journey? Would she manage it? Brooks sought guidance from the memoirists who most moved her--including Andre Dubus III, Joan Wic...