An indispensable book by writers who have experienced firsthand the rewards and challenges of crafting a memoir Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist the orderly structure of a book. Inventing the Truth offers wisdom from nine notable memoirists about their process (Ian Frazier searched through generations of family papers to understand his parents' lives), the hurdles they faced (Annie Dillard tackles the central dilemma of memoir: what to put in and what to leave out), and the unexpected joys of bringing their pasts to the page. Featured authors include Russell Baker on Growing Up; Jill Ker Conway on The Road from Coorain; Annie Dillard on An American Childhood; Ian Frazier on Family; Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Colored People; Alfred Kazin on A Walker in the City; Frank McCourt on Angela's Ashes; Toni Morrison on Beloved; and Eileen Simpson on Poets in Their Youth.
Inventing the Truth - The Art and Craft of Memoir
William Zinsser
Mariner Books
1998
240 páginas
8h 0m
ISBN-10: 0395901502
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William Zinsser
William Zinsser, a fourth-generation New Yorker, at a subway station near his former office in mid-Manhattan. Born October 7, 1922, New York City Education: Deerfield Academy, Princeton University Honorary degrees: Rollins College, Wesleyan University. University of Southern Indiana World War II: sergeant, U.S. army, North Africa and Italy, 1943-45 Religion: Protestant Roots: Father’s family (Zinssers, Scharmanns) came to New York from Germany in 1849. Mother’s family (Knowltons, Joyces) were from a long line of Maine and Connecticut Yankees Family: Married in 1954 to Caroline Fraser Zinsser, educator and historian. Children: Amy Zinsser, business executive; John Zinsser, artist and teacher. Four grandchildren 1946-1959—New York Herald Tribune: feature writer, drama editor, film critic, editorial writer 1959-1970—free-lance writer of articles and columns for magazines (Saturday Evening Post, Life, Look, New York Times Magazine, Horizon, Sports Illustrated, etc.). Author of seven books on travel, criticism, humor and social comment (Any Old Place With You. Seen Any Good Movies Lately?, The City Dwellers, Weekend Guests, The Haircurl Papers, Pop Goes America, The Lunacy Boom). Entertainment critic, NBC “Sunday” television program, 1963-64 Zinsser By the Subway William Zinsser at the house in Connecticut where he wrote "On Writing Well" in the summer of 1974. 1970-1979—Yale University: teacher of nonfiction writing and humor writing; master of Branford College; editor, Yale Alumni Magazine. Author, On Writing Well (1976), The Paradise Bit (novel). Columnist, New York Times “Home” section, 1977 1976—Adviser on writing to schools, colleges, corporations, government agencies 1979-1987—Book-of-the-Month Club: executive editor. Author, Writing With a Word Processor 1987—Free-lance writer for magazines (The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The American Scholar, Smithsonian, Town & Country, Travel Holiday, etc.). Author of Writing to Learn; Spring Training; American Places: A Writer’s Pilgrimage to 16 of This Country’s Most Visited and Cherished Sites; Mitchell & Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz; Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs; Writing About Your Life: A Journey Into the Past; Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher. Editor of seven books on the craft of writing, including Speaking of Journalism, Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir, and Going on Faith: Writing As a Spiritual Quest 1990—Part-time jazz pianist in New York clubs. Composer and lyricist of the musical revue, “What’s the Point?” Lyricist for “Modern Love Songs,” music by Chester Biscardi 2010-2011—Weekly blog, "Zinsser on Friday", about the arts and popular culture. Author of the resulting book, The Writer Who Stayed. Died May 12, 2015, New York City William Zinsser’s papers are at the Fales Library, New York University, located in the Elmer Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012-1091
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