In You Can Write a Memoir, author Carol Hauser passionately encourages readers to reclaim the precious moments of their personal histories and transform them into intimate, compelling narratives. Using inspired samples from her own work, as well as essays by her students, she provides readers with tactics to find and convey meaning in both their own life and the lives of their friends and families, including: How to use details to tell stories vivdly Using sensory images to express feelings and beliefs; Uncovering the values and meanings expressed in their stories; Finding perspective by framing thoughts and feelings at different life stages; Trusting the images and moments that come to them in memory; With Hauser's assistance, readers will establish their place in history, recreating moments that won't fade with time.
Susan Carol Hauser
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Hauser is an established writer with four natural history books published by The Lyons Press and Falcon Guides (Globe Pequot), a book on memoir writing with Writer's Digest Books, and seven books with literary presses.
Her book on a Mississippi River trip is scheduled for publication June 2011 by the Center for American Places, Columbia College Chicago (George Thompson, editor).
She has published scholarly articles in Scribner's American Writers series and her freelance work has been published in The Sun, the Old Farmer's Almanac and many other magazines and journals.
Her numerous awards and grants include a 2010 McKnight Artist Fellowship in poetry.
She was a commentator on National Public Radio's "Living on Earth" for four years and has been a guest on Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion."
