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Title:

Why we write about ourselves : twenty memoirists on why they expose themselves (and others) in the name of literature / edited by Meredith Maran.

Publisher:

Plume,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiv, 254 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Autobiography--Authorship.
Biography as a literary form.

Other Authors:

Maran, Meredith, editor.
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
Christensen, Kate, 1962-
Cleage, Pearl.
Conroy, Pat.
Corrigan, Kelly, 1967-
Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-
Daum, Meghan, 1970-
Flynn, Nick, 1960-
Homes, A. M.
Kidd, Sue Monk.
Lamott, Anne.
Loh, Sandra Tsing.
McBride, James, 1957-
Shapiro, Dani.
Sheff, David.
Strauss, Darin.
Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-
Waldman, Ayelet.
Ward, Jesmyn.
White, Edmund, 1940-

Contents:

Ishmael Beah -- Kate Christensen -- Pearl Cleage -- Pat Conroy -- Kelly Corrigan -- Edwidge Danticat -- Meghan Daum -- Nick Flynn -- A.M. Homes -- Sue Monk Kidd -- Anne Lamott -- Sandra Tsing Loh -- James McBride -- Dani Shapiro -- David Sheff -- Darin Strauss -- Cheryl Strayed -- Ayelet Waldman -- Jesmyn Ward -- Edmund White.

ISBN:

0142181978 (paperback)
9780142181973 (paperback)

LCCN:

2015015830

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CLPC792 -- Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)