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Courtney Maum

Courtney Maum
Courtney is the author of five books, including the groundbreaking publishing guide Before and After the Book Deal and the memoir The Year of the Horses, out now from Tin House. You can sign up for her publishing tips newsletter at CourtneyMaum.com.


Memoirs with Benefits: A Reading List of Hybrid Narratives

Courtney Maum Recommends Memoirs That Seesaw from Past to Present, Personal to Universal
May 4, 2022  By Courtney Maum
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Courtney Maum on Finally Learning to Dance Like Nobody’s Watching

After Birthing a Child, Finding New Ways to Move
February 4, 2021  By Courtney Maum
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Going to Dinner with Your Troll, and Other Tales of Writing Gone Viral

Courtney Maum on Dealing with Internet Fame
January 9, 2020  By Courtney Maum
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Small Acts: Finding Friendship with My Online Spanish Teacher

Courtney Maum on the Way Worlds Open Up Through Language
July 12, 2019  By Courtney Maum
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Why I Founded an Interdisciplinary Retreat for Artists and Writers

Our mediums can be vastly enhanced by learning about someone else’s
May 11, 2017  By Courtney Maum
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