Nonfiction (Incl. Memoirs)
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The Girl in the Window and Other True Tales: An Anthology with Tips for Finding, Reporting, and Writing Nonfiction Narratives
$22.50 Read morePart anthology and part craft guide, this collection of pieces from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist offers something for readers and writers alike. Lane DeGregory loves true stories, intimate de… [more below]
- Author: Degregory, Lane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: April 05 2023
- ISBN10: 022677127X
- Language: English
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Storycraft, Second Edition: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction
$33.00 Add to cartJack Hart, master writing coach and former managing editor of the Oregonian, has guided several Pulitzer Prize-winning narratives to publication. Since its publication in 2011, his book Storycraft has… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Hart, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 08 2021
- ISBN10: 022673692X
- Language: English
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The Lost Bali Stories: Volume II
$19.99 Add to cartThe Lost Bali Stories – Vol. II are true tales of wanderers following the winds of fate from 1985 into the ’90s. Searching for the sweet taste of pleasure, the sensual winds of every moment, a spirit
- Series: The Lost Bali Stories #2
- Author: Franklin, Leslie Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: February 17 2022
- ISBN10: 9798985581416
- Language: English
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The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
$18.00 Add to cartA guide to the art of personal writing, by the author of Fierce Attachments and The End of the Novel of Love
All narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experi- Author: Gornick, Vivian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 11 2002
- ISBN10: 0374528586
- Language: English
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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
$18.99 Add to cartA distinguished novelist and critic inspires readers and writers with this inside look at how the professionals read–and write
Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did a
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Prose, Francine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 10 2007
- ISBN10: 0060777052
- Language: English
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The Long Fields: Essays
$24.95 Add to cartAnne-Marie Oomen’s sixth essay collection, The Long Fields, celebrates rural life as she experienced it growing up on a farm and then into an adulthood marked by both wandering and homing. The three p
- Author: Oomen, Anne-Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: June 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 1960329995
- Language: English
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Write It All Down: How to Put Your Life on the Page
$26.99 Read more‘Cathy is the person who first told me to write about my mental health when I was nervous to do so. She is a great writer herself and this is brilliant.’ – Matt Haig, bestselling author of Reasons to
- Author: Rentzenbrink, Cathy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 1529056225
- Language: English
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The Best American Essays 2022
$17.99 Read moreA collection of the year’s best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee.
Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands
- Series: Best American
- Author: Chee, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 035865887X
- Language: English
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Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published
$19.95 Add to cartSuccessful essayist, columnist, writing instructor, and editor Estelle Erasmus will show you how to find your voice, write stellar pieces, and get published. In real-world, experience-based chapters, … [more below]
- Author: Erasmus, Estelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 1608688364
- Language: English
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The Lost Bali Stories: Volume I
$19.99 Add to cartThe Lost Bali Stories – Volume I is an entertaining collection of true tales direct from the lips of an eclectic mix of youthful vagabonds, rainbow gypsies, artists, giddy optimists, cosmic healers, a
- Series: The Lost Bali Stories #1
- Author: Franklin, Leslie Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: 13-Feb-22
- ISBN10: 057835781X
- Language: English
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Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
$16.95 Add to cartAN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Memoir meets craft master class in this “daring, honest, psychologically insightful” exploration of how we think and write about intimate experiences–“a must read for a- Author: Febos, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 15, 2022
- ISBN10: 1646220854
- Language: English
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Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
$16.99 Add to cartFrom the celebrated Ursula K. Le Guin, “a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller” (Boston Globe), the revised and updated edition of her classic guide to the essentials of a wri
- Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 01, 2015
- ISBN10: 0544611616
- Language: English
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
$19.99 Add to cart“On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose.” –New York Times
A beloved classic, this definitive volume on the art of writing nonfiction celebra
- Author: Zinsser, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 05, 2016
- ISBN10: 0060891548
- Language: English
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You: The Story: A Writer’s Guide to Craft Through Memory
$19.99 Add to cartThe nonfiction debut by #1 New York Times bestselling and Carnegie Medal-winning author Ruta Sepetys. Perfect for fans of Burn After Writing and Bird by Bird.
Life is story in motion. Each day, you ad- Author: Sepetys, Ruta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593524381
- Language: English
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Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories to Ignite the Soul
$23.95 Add to cartAt times writers–from the unpublished to jaded lifers–need a fire lit under them to pursue the complex work of self-exploration. Acetylene Torch Songs provides that spark for memoirists and essayist
- Author: Silverman, Sue William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: January 01, 2024
- ISBN10: 1496235754
- Language: English
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Exit Prohibited: A Memoir
$25.00 Add to cartAfter the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Ellen Estilai and her family attempt to leave Tehran, their home of nine years. At the airport, her Iranian husband is inexplicably prevented from leaving. As he con
- Author: Estilai, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: October 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 1955969175
- Language: English
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The Art of Memoir
$18.99 Read more“Karr is a national treasure–that rare genius who’s also a brilliant teacher. This joyful celebration of memoir packs transcendent insights with trademark hilarity. Anyone yearning to write will be i
- Author: Karr, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0062223070
- Language: English
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The Associated Press Guide to News Writing, 4th Edition
$16.99 Add to cartThe Associated Press Guide to News Writing, is the standard professional resource for both novice and experienced news writers. This practical handbook is the ideal writing style guide for all report
- Author: Peterson’s
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0768943736
- Language: English
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Working
$18.00 Add to cart“One of the great reporters of our time and probably the greatest biographer.” —The Sunday Times (London)
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon J- Author: Caro, Robert A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0593081919
- Language: English
