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020			_a9780062223067
082			_a813.54 _bKAR
100			_aKarr, Mary
245			_aArt of memoir
260			_bHarper, _c2015. _aNew York:
300			_axxiii, 229 p. _bhb. _c22 cm.
365			_aUSD _b24.99
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-226)
520			_aAuthor of three memoirs of her own, Mary Karr synthesizes her expertise as graduate writing professor and therapy patient, writer and spiritual seeker, recovered alcoholic and "black belt sinner," providing an irreverent window into the mechanics and art of the form. Anchored by excerpts from her favorite memoirs and anecdotes from fellow writers' experience, The Art of Memoir lays bare Karr's own process. In addition, all those inside stories about how she dealt with family and friends after writing about them 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.
650			_aLiterature
650			_aAmerican literature
650			_aAutobiography
650			_aFiction
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