Writing the Segmented or Mosaic Memoir Essay or Full-Length Book

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Craft Essay--"The Memoir-in-Pieces" by Beth Kephart
Craft Essay--"The Power of Writing in Threes: The Triptych" by Gail Folkins

Maggie Smith Podcast on Crafting You Could Make This Place Beautiful

Book Example--Hourglass
Book Example--An Abbreviated Life
Book Example--The Pure Lover
Book Example--Vanishing Twins

Essay Example--"Eight Months"
Essay Example--"My Daughter's Search For Words"
Essay Example--"Thunder, Thighs"
Essay Example--"Wild America"
Essay Example--"Scenes in the Life of a Single Girl"

Craft Book Recommendation--The Shell Game by Kim Adrian (Editor)

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