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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date August 1, 1995
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780395731017
ISBN-10 0395731011
Dimensions 0.50 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight 0.55 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $10.95
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Summary
Eight American authors draw on their own works to describe the creative process involved in writing a memoir
Amazon.com description: Product Description: First published in 1987, Inventing the Truth quickly grew into the best-selling compendium of the Writer's Craft series and continues to be a lasting hit. In this revised and expanded edition with a new introduction by its editor, William Zinsser, the voices of original contributors - Russell Baker, Annie Dillard, Alfred Kazin, and Toni Morrison - join with new pieces by Jill Ker Conway, Eileen Simpson, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., among others. The result is a provocative dialogue that vividly examines the expanding and innovative approaches to a literary form practiced by some of our most prestigious authors. With refreshing candor, contributors both old and new address the pleasures and challenges of accurately rendering their personal histories. Toni Morrison underscores the manner in which her heritage informs her work, while Jill Ker Conway describes the essential act of leaving the past behind. On a comic note, Russell Baker recalls his failure to include his mother and himself i

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With William Knowlton Zinsser (other contributor), Jill Ker Conway | from Houghton Mifflin (August 1, 1995)
9780395731017 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $10.95
This edition also contains London for Foodies, Gourmets & Gluttons
About: Eight American authors draw on their own works to describe the creative process involved in writing a memoir
Hardcover
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With David Hampshire | from Survival Books (May 7, 2015)
9781909282766 | details & prices | 284 pages | 7.00 × 6.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $19.95
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With William Knowlton Zinsser (other contributor), Jill Ker Conway, Russell Baker (other contributor) | from Houghton Mifflin (August 1, 1995); titled "Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir"
9780395731017 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $10.95
This edition also contains Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
About: Eight American authors draw on their own works to describe the creative process involved in writing a memoir

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