Publisher's Synopsis
Each of the 30 volumes in this series presents about 20 autobiographical essays written exclusively for the series, allowing your patrons to approach each authors life from a unique, highly personal vantage point. Varying in style and length (minimum 10, 000 words) and international in scope, authors essays are brimming with reflections and insights.
A unique resource for studies on the memoir, each essay is illustrated with photographs supplied by the author and followed with a complete bibliographic listing of works. Every volume also provides a cumulative subject index to the more than 450 entrants in the series. Featured authors include:
- Diane Ackerman
- George Bowering
- Dennis Brutus
- Rita Dove
- Howard Fast
- Michael Gilbert
- Larry Heinemann
- Garrett Hongo
- Sandra McPherson
- Gerald Vizenor
- Anne Waldman
- Elie Wiesel
- Tobias Wolff
- And many more
(Note: this series has been discontinued, however new autobiographical essays will appear periodically in the Contemporary Authors series.
