Inventing the Truth,9780395901502

Inventing the Truth

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780395901502
ISBN10: 0395901502
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-05-20
Publisher(s): Mariner Books
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Summary

In this perfect companion for anyone beguiled by memoirs or embarking on writing one, nine distinguished authors -- Russell Baker, Jill Ker Conway, Annie Dillard, Ian Frazier, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alfred Kazin, Frank McCourt, Toni Morrison, and Eileen Simpson -- reflect on the writing process.

Author Biography

William Zinsser is a writer, editior, and teacher. His fifteen books include the classic On Writing Well, which is in the sixth edition, and Writing to Learn. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

WILLIAM ZINSSER
Introduction 1(22)
RUSSELL BAKER
Life with Mother
23(18)
JILL KER CONWAY
Points of Departure
41(20)
FRANK McCOURT
Learning to Chill Out
61(22)
EILEEN SIMPSON
Poets in My Youth
83(18)
HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
Lifting the Veil
101(18)
ALFRED KAZIN
The Past Breaks Out
119(22)
ANNIE DILLARD
To Fashion a Text
141(22)
IAN FRAZIER
Looking for My Family
163(20)
TONI MORRISON
The Site of Memory
183(18)
Bibliography 201(22)
Contributors 223

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