And, because I must, I remember my brilliant students at Penn, and one particular Spectacular.
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This morning, on HuffPo, I'm reflecting on why structure actually does matter in memoir — how indeed it helps to define the form—to distinguish it from autobiography, essay, war reporting, journalism, because that distinction matters. I refer in the piece to some of my favorite memoirs and memoirists, though there are, of course, many more.
And, because I must, I remember my brilliant students at Penn, and one particular Spectacular.
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By: Beth Kephart ,
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And, because I must, I remember my brilliant students at Penn, and one particular Spectacular.
The full link is here.
By: Terry Tempest Williams,
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To write is to breathe. I don't think about it. It's like oxygen. But if you take it away from me, I will suffocate. I need the blank page as the landscape upon which I stand, to think, ponder, consider, rant, rave, reveal, question, and explore where I have been, what I have done, and [...]
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