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How I conquered my fear and learned that memoir writing is not a fatal disease
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Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir
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Gavendy the Little Red Mouse
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A Giant Called Corp
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What I love about this book is that in her capacity as guide to writing personal essay and memoir, Gornick does not leave her own writing shoes at the door (as seems to be the case with many guides). Instead, this often reads like a detective nove...
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Vivian Gornick’s tremendous book on the craft of nonfiction writing, The Situation and the Story, is an exemplary resource for writers. In this book, Gornick discusses in great detail the art of writing personal essays and memoir. However, the dr...
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“Doubt is a lot like faith; A mustard's seed worth changes everything.”
― Donna Johnson, Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir
― Donna Johnson, Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir
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“It's often the outcasts, the iconoclasts, the hyper-religious, the young people, sometimes middle-aged women, those who have the least to lose because they don't have much in the first place, who feel the new currents and ride them the farthest.”
― Christine Wicker, Not In Kansas Anymore
― Christine Wicker, Not In Kansas Anymore
“Doubt is a lot like faith; A mustard's seed worth changes everything.”
― Donna Johnson, Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir
― Donna Johnson, Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir
“I shrug and smile amiably the way you do when you're in a foreign country and have no idea what anyone is saying, so you end up grinning and nodding your way into a three-way with a henna vendor and a camel.”
― Sarah Bird, How Perfect Is That
― Sarah Bird, How Perfect Is That
