Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal

Alexandra Johnson

Little, Brown, Jan 2, 2002 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 272 pages

Now in paperback comes the acclaimed, one-of-a-kind practical guide to starting and keeping a journal and transforming it into a larger creative work: a family chronicle, a memoir, or a novel.

About the author

She is the author of Hidden Writer: Diaries & the Creative Life, which won the PEN/Jerard Fund Award for nonfiction. Her writing has appeared in many national publications including The New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, & The Nation. She currently teaches memoir writing & creative nonfiction at Wellesley College & the Harvard Extension School, where she won the James E. Conway award for distinguished teacher of writing. She lives near Boston.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal
• Author: Alexandra Johnson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Little, Brown, 2002
• ISBN: 0316121568, 9780316121569
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Composition & Creative Writing; Self-Help / Creativity