The Art of Memoir Author: Mary Karr Retail Price: $16.99 Our Price: $15.29 Save: 1.70 (10.01%) Availability: In Stock        In The Art of Memoir, Karr synthesizes her expertise as professor and therapy patient, writer and spiritual seeker, recovered alcoholic and “black belt sinner,” providing a unique window into the mechanics and art of the form that is as irreverent, insightful, and entertaining as her own work in the genre. Anchored by excerpts from her favorite memoirs and anecdotes from fellow writers’ experience, The Art of Memoir lays bare Karr’s own process. (Plus all those inside stories about how she dealt with family and friends get told— and the dark spaces in her own skull probed in depth.) As she breaks down the key elements of great literary memoir, she breaks open our concepts of memory and identity, and illuminates the cathartic power of reflecting on the past; anybody with an inner life or complicated history, whether writer or reader, will relate. Joining such classics as Stephen King’s On Writing and Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, The Art of Memoir is an elegant and accessible exploration of one of today’s most popular literary forms—a tour de force from an accomplished master pulling back the curtain on her craft. Similar Items you may enjoy! I Still Believe: A Memoir Author: Jeremy Camp Our Price: $13.49 Thm a Memoir Author: David McCallie Editor Our Price: $12.56 Thm a Memoir Author: David McCallie Editor Our Price: $27.86 Under a Wing: A Memoir Author: Reeve Lindbergh Our Price: $14.61

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