A short discussion of memoirs written by women, and enough book recommendations to keep you reading for a very long time.

Recommended Books
Dust Tracks on a Road By Zora Neale Hurston
The Liars’ Club by Mary Karr
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel

More Memoirs Written By Women
Cherry by Mary Karr
Lit by Mary Karr
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
Just Kids by Pati Smith
M Train by Pati Smith
Bone Black by bell hooks
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Wasted by Marya Hornbacher
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
Willow Weep For Me by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Blue Nights by Joan Didion
Where I Was From by Joan Didion
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

Reading Memoir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRBwmqH5eQM
Mental Health Memoirs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbOrQwJxDKQ

Winning The Women's Memoir Game: http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/04/how-to-win-at-the-womens-memoir-game.html

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