memoir, personal essay 
   Definition of Memoir
   A memoir is a piece of autobiographical writing, usually shorter in
   nature than a comprehensive autobiography. The memoir, especially as
   of the memoir. The memoir may be more emotional and concerned with
   example, Homer Hickam, Jr. has written several memoirs about his life,
   definitions of memoir.
   Characteristics of the Memoir Form
   memoir is of the crisis or survival type of memoir
   Bibliography of Memoirs 
   (For more memoirs, search on Amazon.com using key word "memoir." )
   Accidental Journey: A Cambridge Internee's Memoir of World War II by
   All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs by Elie Wiesel
   Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
   Angeles Crest: A Memoir by Michael Modzelewski
   Appel is Forever: A Child's Memoir by Suzanne Mehler Whiteley
   The Circle of Hanh: A Memoir by Bruce Weigl
   Colored People: A Memoir by Louis Gates
   Days of Grace: a Memoir by Arthur Ashe
   Manhattan Memoir by Mary Cantwell
   On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (includes the big
   Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missle Crisis by Robert F.
   Characteristics of the memoir form: another perspective
   Do memoirs tell the truth?
   "Memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every
   Writing the memoir
   To write a memoir, begin by brainstorming on paper all the events you
   turn into an interesting memoir. Work at this notetaking stage for a
   Rewrite, and then start editing as needed. Good memoirs are about
   interesting to read as a good novel. But remember, a memoir is
   For a book on writing the memoir, consult William Zinsser's Inventing
   the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir (1998).
   Read the opening of a memoir
   Read an excerpt and a review of this memoir by Rebecca Walker,
   "Art of the Memoir" from Writers Monthly,
   memoir pieces,
   reviews other writers' memoirs, and examines the meaning of memoir as
   Bibliography of Memoirs
   Definition of Memoir
   Do Memoirs Tell the Truth?
   Read the Opening of a Memoir
   Writing a Memoir