21 Book Salute: Memoir and Essay
From Anderson to Winstead, below are MFA graduates who have published memoirs or essay collections, one book from each. Let us know if we've missed any others (at sutt0063@umn.edu).
2.
Aaron Apps (2013)
Intersex
Tarpaulin Sky Press
3.
Marge Barrett (2005)
Called: The Making and Unmaking of a Nun
Antrim House
4.
Kevin Fenton (2005)
Leaving Rollingstone
Minnesota Historical Society Press
5.
Laura Flynn (2006)
Swallow the Ocean
Counterpoint
6.
Kate Hopper (2005)
Ready for Air: A Journey Through Premature Motherhood
University of Minnesota Press
7.
Nicole Johns (2006)
Purge: Rehab Diaries
Seal
8.
Molly Sutton Kiefer (2012)
Nestuary
Ricochet
9.
Sherry Quan Lee (1996)
Love Imagined: A Mixed Race Memoir
Modern History Press
10.
David LeGault (2011)
One Million Maniacs: Beanie Babies, Killer Cars, and the Power of Collecting
Outpost19
11.
Alex Lemon (2004)
Feverland: A Memoir in Shards
Milkweed Editions
12.
Laurie Lindeen (2004)
Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story
Atria Books
13.
Jon Lurie (2006)
Canoeing with José
Milkweed Editions
14.
Michelle McNamara (1997)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Harper Collins
15.
Gayla Marty (1997)
Memory of Trees: A Daughter's Story of a Family Farm
University of Minnesota Press
16.
Edward McPherson (2011)
The History of the Future: American Essays
Coffee House Press
17.
Anna Cypra Oliver (1997)
Assembling My Father: A Daughter's Detective Story
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
18.
Kevin O'Rourke (2010)
As If Seen at an Angle: Essays
Tinderbox Editions
19.
Josh Ostergaard (2011)
The Devil's Snake Curve: A Fan's Notes From Left Field
Coffee House Press
20.
Scott F. Parker (2014)
ME | ƎM: One Listener's Confession
Independently published
21.
Hunter Sharpless (2015)
Song of the Fool: On the Road with Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
Resource Publications
and two to grow on!
22.
Francine Marie Tolf (2006)
Joliet in My Blood: Essays on Growing Up in Joliet, Illinois
Port Yonder
23.
Mary Winstead (2008)
Back to Mississippi: A Personal Journey Through the Events that Changed America in 1964
Hyperion
