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Memoir
As a literary genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire from the Latin memoria, meaning "memory", or a reminiscence), forms a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable in modern parlance. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir.
Memoirs are structured differently from formal autobiographies which tend to encompass the writer's entire life span, focusing on the development of his/her personality. The chronological scope of memoir is determined by the work's context and is ...more
Memoirs are structured differently from formal autobiographies which tend to encompass the writer's entire life span, focusing on the development of his/her personality. The chronological scope of memoir is determined by the work's context and is ...more
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Off My Rocker: One Man’s Tasty, Twisted, Star-Studded Quest for Everlasting Music
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“Wildly entertaining tell-all from a rock ’n’ roll insider.”—Marc Geiger
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Giveaway dates: May 26 - Jun 02, 2018
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Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels
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Giveaway dates: May 26 - Jun 16, 2018
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A Normal Life: A Memoir
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Giveaway dates: May 19 - May 31, 2018
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Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
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Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of THE FACT OF A BODY: A Murder and a Memoir, which will be published by Flatiron Books (Macmillan) in May 2017. It is also forthcoming from publishers internationally. A National Endowment for the Arts fellow and Rona Jaffe Award recipient, she has twice been a fellow at both MacDowell and Yaddo. Her essays appear in The New York Times, Oxford American, Iowa Review, and many other publications, and were recognized “notable” in Best American Essays 2013, 2015, and 2016.
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