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What's my genre?

PVick

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So, I’ve got this completed MS chronicling my years English teacher in Japan, but now that I’ve decided to try and publish I’m stuck trying to identify its genre. It’s really a compilation of stand alone encounters and (mis)adventures without much of an overarching plot. Should I bill it as memoir? A collection of short stories? Is there some more nuanced genre I haven’t thought of? Thanks for lending your expertise!
 

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If they're all true stories that happened to you, I'd say memoir.
 

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