Inventing the truth : the art and craft of memoir
Baker, Russell , 1925-
Inventing the truth : the art and craft of memoir / Russell Baker et al / ed. William Zinsser - Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin Company , c1998. - 217 pages ; 21 cm.
Introduction / William Zinsser Life with mother / Russell Baker Points of departure / Jill Ker Conway Learning to chill out / Frank McCourt Poets in my youth / Eileen Simpson Lifting the veil / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The past breaks out / Alfred Kazin To fashion a text / Annie Dillard Looking for my family / Ian Frazier The site of memory / Toni Morrison
Nine authors discuss the problems and pleasures of reinventing the past
English
9780395901502
Autobiography---Authorship
Authors, American---History and criticism---20th century----Biography
920 BAK
Inventing the truth : the art and craft of memoir / Russell Baker et al / ed. William Zinsser - Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin Company , c1998. - 217 pages ; 21 cm.
Introduction / William Zinsser Life with mother / Russell Baker Points of departure / Jill Ker Conway Learning to chill out / Frank McCourt Poets in my youth / Eileen Simpson Lifting the veil / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The past breaks out / Alfred Kazin To fashion a text / Annie Dillard Looking for my family / Ian Frazier The site of memory / Toni Morrison
Nine authors discuss the problems and pleasures of reinventing the past
English
9780395901502
Autobiography---Authorship
Authors, American---History and criticism---20th century----Biography
920 BAK