Title Inventing the truth : the art and craft of memoir / Russell Baker, Annie Dillard, Alfred Kazan, Toni Morrison, Lewis Thomas ; edited with a memoir and an introduction by William Zinsser

Published Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1987] Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987 ©1987 ©1987

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Description 172 pages ; 22 cm Contents Writing and remembering: a memoir and an introduction / William Zinsser -- Life with mother / Russell Baker -- To fashion a text / Annie Dillard -- The past breaks out / Alfred Kazin -- The site of memory / Toni Morrison -- A long line of cells / Lewis Thomas Notes Originally a series of talks sponsored by Book-of-the-Month Club and held at the New York Public Library in the winter of 1986 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-166) Subject Authors, American -- Biography -- History and criticism. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- History and criticism. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Autobiography. SUBJECT United States -- Biography http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139912 -- History and criticism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001187 United States -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139912 Author Baker, Russell, 1925-2019, author Dillard, Annie, author Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998, author Morrison, Toni, author Thomas, Lewis, 1913-1993, author Zinsser, William, 1922-2015, editor, writer of introduction LC no. 87003875 ISBN 0395445264 9780395445266

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