What Happened Was - On Writing Personal Essays and Memoir

About the author

Genie Zeiger is the author of several books of poetry including Leaving Egypt and Radio Waves. She is also the author of two memoirs, Atta Girl and How I Find Her. She lives in Shelburne, Massachusetts, where she has led creative writing workshops and poetry classes for over a decade.

Summary

A portable workshop on the writing of memoir and personal essays.

Foreword

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Additional text

Praise for her previous book How I Find Her "Whether she's mourning her losses or celebrating her blessings, Genie Zeiger's gorgous work breaks my heart and opens my heart."-Sy Safransky, editor The Sun Magazine "To return to strong emotion without sentim

Product details

• Authors: genie Zeiger
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2009
• EAN: 9781935210047
• ISBN: 978-1-935210-04-7
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 173 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 113 g
• Series: Companions for the Journey; Companions for the Journey (Wh; Companions for the Journey; Companions for the Journey (Wh
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works