Editor Meredith Maran & guests discuss and sign Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature

Everything an aspiring memoirist needs to know, in one readable volume, a follow-up to the acclaimed writers handbook Why We Write.  For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists, and memoirists this book offers inspiration, encouragement, and pithy, practical advice. Twenty of America s bestselling memoirists share their innermost thoughts and hard-earned tips with veteran author Meredith Maran, revealing what drives them to tell their personal stories, and the nuts and bolts of how they do it. Speaking frankly about issues ranging from turning oneself into an authentic, compelling character to exposing hard truths, these successful authors disclose what keeps them going, what gets in their way, and what they love most and least about writing about themselves. (Plume Books)

Editor Meredith Maran will be joined by contributors Rebecca Walker, Jillian Lauren, and Annabelle Gurwitch.

Event date: 
Monday, March 7, 2016 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature By Meredith Maran (Editor) Cover Image
By Meredith Maran (Editor)
$24.00
ISBN: 9780142181973
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Published: Plume - January 26th, 2016

Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do By Meredith Maran (Editor) Cover Image
By Meredith Maran (Editor)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780452298156
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Published: Plume - January 29th, 2013

A Theory of Small Earthquakes By Meredith Maran Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781593764302
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Published: Soft Skull - January 24th, 2012

Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self By Rebecca Walker Cover Image
$15.00
ISBN: 9781573229074
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Published: Riverhead Books - January 8th, 2002

Everything You Ever Wanted: A Memoir By Jillian Lauren Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9780142181638
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Published: Plume - May 5th, 2015

I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50 By Annabelle Gurwitch Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780142181874
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Published: Plume - February 24th, 2015