Family Trouble : Memoirists on the Hazards and Rewards of Revealing Family /

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Whenever a memoirist gives a reading, someone in the audience is sure to ask: How did your family react? Revisiting our pasts and exploring our experiences, we often reveal more of our nearest and dearest than they might prefer. This volume navigates the emotional and literary minefields that any wr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Castro, Joy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska Paperback, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Family secrets.
Biographers.
Autobiography > Authorship.
Secrets de famille > Anecdotes.
Biographes > États-Unis > Anecdotes.
Family secrets > Anecdotes.
Biographers > United States > Anecdotes.
Autobiography > Authorship > Anecdotes.
United States.
Anecdotes.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Whenever a memoirist gives a reading, someone in the audience is sure to ask: How did your family react? Revisiting our pasts and exploring our experiences, we often reveal more of our nearest and dearest than they might prefer. This volume navigates the emotional and literary minefields that any writer of family stories or secrets must travel when depicting private lives for public consumption. Essays by twenty-five memoirists, including Faith Adiele, Alison Bechdel, Jill Christman, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Rigoberto González, Robin Hemley, Dinty W. Moore, Bich Minh Nguyen, and Mimi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780803248717

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