{"product_id":"the-art-of-memoir-paperback","title":"The Art of Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Karr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Karr is a national treasure--that rare genius who's also a brilliant teacher. This joyful celebration of memoir packs transcendent insights with trademark hilarity. Anyone yearning to write will be inspired, and anyone passionate to live an examined life will fall in love with language and literature all over again. \" -- George Saunders\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCredited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr's \u003cem\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/em\u003e spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times list. She followed with two other smash bestsellers: \u003cem\u003eCherry\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLit\u003c\/em\u003e, which were critical hits as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor thirty years Karr has also taught the form, winning teaching prizes at Syracuse. (The writing program there produced such acclaimed authors as Cheryl Strayed, Keith Gessen, and Koren Zailckas.) In \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, she 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnchored by excerpts from her favorite memoirs and anecdotes from fellow writers' experience, \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoining such classics as Stephen King's \u003cem\u003eOn Writing\u003c\/em\u003e and Anne Lamott's \u003cem\u003eBird by Bird, The Art of Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, master memoirist Mary 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e lays bare Karr's own process as she breaks down the key elements of great literary memoir.--\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, master memoirist Mary 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e lays bare Karr's own process as she breaks down the key elements of great literary memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47621254775032,"sku":"9780062223074","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/ZUc2M2xjdGlZaGJmaTk1UW5tTHI2QT09.webp?v=1765382136","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-art-of-memoir-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}