The Magic of Memoir

Inspiration for the Writing Journey

Linda Joy Myers, Brooke Warner

• Publisher: She Writes Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781631521485
• Year: 2016

The Magic of Memoir is a memoirist’s companion for when the going gets tough. Editors Linda Joy Myers and Brooke Warner have taught and coached hundreds of memoirists to the completion of their memoirs, and they know that the journey is fraught with belittling messages from both the inner critic and naysayers, voices that make it hard to stay on course with the writing and completion of a book.
In The Magic of Memoir, 38 writers share their hard-won wisdom, stories, and writing tips. Included are Myers's and Warner's interviews with best-selling and widely renown memoirists Mary Karr, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dr. Azar Nafisi, Dani Shapiro, Margo Jefferson, Raquel Cepeda, Jessica Valenti, Daisy Hernández, Mark Matousek, and Sue William Silverman.
This collection has something for anyone who's on the journey or about to embark on it. If you're looking for inspiration, The Magic of Memoir will be a valuable companion.
Contributors include: Jill Kandel, Eanlai Cronin, Peter Gibb, Lynette Charity, Lynette Charity, Roseann M. Bozzone, Carol E. Anderson, Bella Mahaya Carter, Krishan Bedi, Sarah Conover, Leza Lowitz, Nadine Kenney Johnstone, Lynette Benton, Kelly Kittel, Robert W. Finertie, Rita M. Gardner, Robert Hammond, Marina Aris, LaDonna Harrison, Jill Smolowe, Alison Dale, Vanya Erickson, Sonvy Sammons, Laurie Prim, Ashley Espinoza, Jing Li, Nancy Chadwick-Burke, Dhana Musil, Crystal-Lee Quibell, Apryl Schwab, Irene Sardanis, Jude Walsh, Fran Simone, Rosalyn Kaplus, Rosie Sorenson, Rosie Sorenson, Jerry Waxler, and Ruthie Stender.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Interview with Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club
• Interview with Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
• Interview with Margo Jefferson, author of Negroland
• Interview with Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion
• Interview with Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters, Motherless Mothers
• Interview with Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran
• Interview with Daisy Hernández, author of A Cup of Water Under My Bed
• Interview with Mark Matousek, author of The Boy He Left Behind
• Interview with Sue William Silverman, author of Love Sick
• Interview with Raquel Cepeda, author of Bird of Paradise
• Interview with Jessica Valenti, author of Sex Object
• About the Editors
• Gratitude