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1	Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure more books like this by Rachel Fershleiser (Editor), Larry Smith (Editor) add to wishlist Deceptively simple and suspiciously addictive, "Not Quite What I Was Planning: And Other Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure" is a thousand little glimpses at humanity - six words at a time. In 2006, "SMITH" Magazine decided to give people the opportunity to answer a Hemingway inspired challenge: What would a six-word memoir look like? ... see all copies from $3.27! new only from $6.52! \| SVS
2	All about Me: A Keepsake Journal for Kids more books like this by Linda Kranz add to wishlist This journal includes blank pages where children can record their personal thoughts and feelings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.31!
3	Modern American Memoirs more books like this by Annie Dillard, Cort Conley (Editor) add to wishlist Excellent examples of the art of autobiography, these 35 memoirs are sheer pleasure to read. Some are by well-known authors (like Russell Baker, Kate Simon, and James Baldwin) and some by unknowns; all illuminate the vast variety of the American experience. see all copies from $2.25! new only from $8.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	In Brief: Short Takes on the Personal more books like this by Judith Kitchen (Introduction by), Mary Paumier Jones (Introduction by) add to wishlist In this exciting new anthology by the editors of the popular "In Short, " 72 authors use imagination as a way to explore reality. see all copies from $4.30! new only from $7.89!
5	Recollections of Early Republic Pbk more books like this by Joyce Appleby (Editor) add to wishlist Colorful memoirs from a wide range of Americans just after the nation's birth. see all copies from $4.23! new only from $9.97! \| first editions
6	Autobiography: A Reader for Writers more books like this by Robert Lyons (Editor), Louis Lyons add to wishlist see all copies from $2.35! new only from $29.90! \| SVS
7	More about Me: Another Keepsake Journal more books like this by Linda Kranz (Illustrator) add to wishlist A journal for kids with thought starters to prompt writing see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.31! \| SVS
8	Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure more books like this by Smith Magazine (Editor), Rachel Fershleiser (Editor), Larry Smith (Editor) add to wishlist Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, "Not Quite What I Was Planning" is a thousand glimpses of humanity--six words at a time. When Ernest Hemingway famously wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," he proved that an entire story can be told using a half-dozen words. When the online storytelling magazine SMITH asked readers to submit ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $10.33! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Journey to the Interior: American Versions of Haibun more books like this by Bruce Ross (Editor) add to wishlist In this poetry collection, Bruce Ross invites the reader on a journey of self-discovery with over 25 contemporary North American authors of haibun. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions
10	Classic African American Women's Narratives more books like this by William L Andrews (Editor) add to wishlist Classic African American Women's Narratives offers teachers, students, and general readers a one-volume collection of the most memorable and important writing in prose by African American women before 1865. The book reproduces in one volume the canon of African American women's fiction and autobiography during the slavery era in U.S. history. Each ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Connecting: Twenty Prominent Authors Write about the Relationships That Shape Our Lives more books like this by Lee Gutkind (Editor) add to wishlist "The best stories, which originate in the heart and are the truest, both literally and metaphorically, are rooted in the earliest memories of our lives, when families and friends are the predominant shaping forces-influences that invariably last a lifetime." -Lee Gutkind Family and Friends is an anthology of essays, memoirs, articles, literary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| SVS
12 view cover	Autobiographical Writing Across the Disciplines: A Reader more books like this by Diane P Freedman (Editor), Olivia Frey (Editor), Diane P Freedman (Editor) add to wishlist "Autobiographical Writing Across the Disciplines" reveals the extraordinary breadth of the intellectual movement toward self-inclusive scholarship. Presenting exemplary works of criticism incorporating personal narratives, this volume brings together twenty-six essays from scholars in literary studies and history, mathematics and medicine, ... see all copies from $4.90! new only from $22.41! \| SVS
13 view cover	Close to the Bone: Memoirs of Hurt, Rage and Desire more books like this by Laurie Stone add to wishlist An anthology of memoirs, edited by award-winning critic Laurie Stone, in which eight acclaimed contemporary authors describe secret aspects of their early lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Southern Selves: From Mark Twain and Eudora Welty to Maya Angelou and Kaye Gibbons a Collection of Autobiographical Writing more books like this by James H Watkins (Editor) add to wishlist A vibrant collective picture of the American South from both sides of the tracks and both sides of the color line. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.24! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	In Her Own Words: Women's Memoirs from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States more books like this by Jill Ker Conway (Introduction by) add to wishlist An anthology of memoirs by women from four continents. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Norton Book of American Autobiography more books like this by Professor Jay Parini (Introduction by), Gore Vidal (Preface by) add to wishlist "The essential American form of expression."-from the Introduction by Jay Parini see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Nine Black Women: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Writers from the United States, Canada, Bermuda and the Caribbean more books like this by Professor Moira Ferguson (Editor) add to wishlist This anthology brings together the writings of the earliest black women writers in the East and West Caribbean, Bermuda, Canada, the USA and England. The selections span the American Revolution to the decade following the Civil War. The nine writers included, both slave and free, represent a variety of genres, regions, professions, and political ... see all copies from $2.73! new only from $12.73!
18	One Generation After more books like this by Elie Wiesel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	American Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Writing more books like this by Robert F Sayre (Editor) add to wishlist This anthology of American autobiographical writing contains 55 voices from thoughout the nation's history. It includes pieces from canonical and non-canonical writers, slaves and slave-owners, generals and conscientious objectors, scientists, immigrants and native Americans. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.95! \| first editions
20 view cover	Telling Moments: Autobiographical Lesbian Short Stories more books like this by Lynda Hall (Editor) add to wishlist Telling Moments collects contemporary short stories by a diverse group of twenty-four lesbian writers. Engaging themes of life and death, aging, motherhood, race, love, work, and travel, the writers offer brief glimpses into lesbian lives. The stories are by well-known contemporary writers - Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Cappello, Emma Donoghue, Jewelle ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.21!
21	First Person Past: American Autobiographies to 1877 more books like this by Marian J Morton (Editor), Russell Duncan (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.48!
22 view cover	Sunburnt Country: Stories of Australian Life more books like this by B R Coffey (Editor) add to wishlist An outstanding collection of autobiographical stories and short fiction about Australia and Australians, Sunburnt Country was first published in 1966. Since then it has reprinted and has sold over 6,000 copies. Contributors include Elizabeth Jolley, Sally Morgan, TAG Hungerford, AB Facey, Joan London and Gail Jones. see all copies from $6.20! new only from $11.70!
23 view cover	Personals: Dreams and Nightmares from the Lives of 20 Young Writers more books like this by Thomas Beller (Introduction by) add to wishlist Gen X writers reveal information about their lives in these autobiographical essays. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.84! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	In Their Own Words more books like this by Randall Gibbons, Random House Value Publishing add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Bearing Witness: African-American Autobiography more books like this by Frances Jalet-Miller (Editor), Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Editor) add to wishlist This collection from the rich literature of African American autobiography documents the experience of being black in America, from slavery to present day, in the words of Frederick Douglass, Toni Morrison, and forty other contributors. see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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