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My First Editor Was My Father: Writing a Memoir With Spatial Dyslexia, by Amber M. Brookman

Memoir My First Editor Was My Father: Writing a Memoir With Spatial Dyslexia Amber M. Brookman

Memoir Jesse James Rose: Start in the Middle Robert Lee Brewer

When We Need More Than a Disclaimer, by Marsh Rose

Memoir When We Need More Than a Disclaimer for Memoir Marsh Rose

How Advice, Art, a Baby Boomer, and Millennial Created a Book of Wisdom for the Ages, and All Ages, by Gina Barreca and John Guillemette

Memoir How Advice, Art, a Baby Boomer, and a Millennial Created a Book of Wisdom for the Ages, and All Ages Gina Barreca

On Blending Memoir and Theory to Survive, by Zefyr Lisowski

Personal Essays On Blending Memoir and Theory to Survive Zefyr Lisowski

Annual Competition Writer’s Digest 94th Annual Competition Memoir/Personal Essay First Place Winner: “The Dead Whale”Moriah Richard

Annual Competition Writer’s Digest 94th Annual Competition Inspirational/Spiritual Essay First-Place Winner: “All the Way to Mystery”Moriah Richard

Writing a Travel Memoir Is a Journey of Research and Relationships, by Diane Hartman

Memoir Writing a Travel Memoir Is a Journey of Research and Relationships Diane Hartman

Keeping the Light of Family Memory in Memoir, by Stacy Waldman Bass

Memoir Keeping the Light of Family Memory in Memoir Stacy Waldman Bass

Active Voice Vs. Passive Voice: How I Stopped Floating Through Sentences and Took the Helm in My Memoir, by Leslie Johansen Nack

Memoir Active Voice vs. Passive Voice: How I Stopped Floating Through Sentences and Took the Helm in My Memoir Leslie Johansen Nack

What's in a Name?: How to Title a Memoir, by Hendirka de Vries

Memoir What’s in a Name?: How to Title a Memoir Hendrika de Vries

Memoir Artis Henderson: Start Writing Before You Think You’re Ready Robert Lee Brewer

Memoir Austin Channing Brown: Read Your Book Out Loud From Beginning to End Robert Lee Brewer

On Obsession as Creative Practice, by Bitter Kalli

Personal Essays On Obsession as Creative Practice Bitter Kalli

Memoir Halina St. James: The Story Developed a Life of Its Own Robert Lee Brewer

Memoir Saying Enough or Too Much in Memoir Ana Hebra Flaster