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Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and Its Power to Transform
The acclaimed author of Sins of My Father shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind...
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The acclaimed author of Sins of My Father shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir.
Into being is an essential guide to writing radical and empowering memoir. Drawing on her experience as a memoirist and a teacher of creative writing, Lily Dunn presents the ground-breaking idea that the craft of memoir itself can offer a form of transformation. Dunn demystifies the memoirist's art, helping readers to find meaning in raw experience and elevate the personal to the universal. She considers compelling questions, from why our memories give greater significance to certain events to how we can write honestly without intruding too far into the lives of our loved ones. She also explores how writers are extending the memoir form to create something hybrid, playful and subversive. In an age of social media, filled with confessions, re-inventions and distortions of the self, the question of what it means to be an individual is more urgent than ever. Into being shows readers how to turn writing memoir into a journey of discovery - one that can be shared with the whole world.Author: Lily Dunn
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 10/07/2025
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781526179258
About the Author
Lily Dunn is a memoirist, teacher and mentor. Her literary memoir Sins of My Father: A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravelling was published to great acclaim in 2022, being named a best nonfiction book of the year by the Guardian and the Spectator. She is also the author of Shadowing the Sun (2007) and co-editor of A Wild and Precious Life (2021). She is co-director of London Lit Lab and teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University.
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