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Living to tell the tale : a guide to writing memoir / Jane Taylor McDonnell ; foreword by Vivian Gornick.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Penguin Books, 1998.Description: xiv, 161 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0140265309
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808/.06692
LOC classification:
  • PN 145 M478l 1998
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Contents:
Foreword / Vivian Gornick -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : necessary fictions of the self -- 1. Back talk : Getting started by talking back to your inner censors -- 2. "Spots of time" : learning to remember -- 3. "Just make it up, then see if it is true" : imagination coming to the aid of memory -- 4. Using photographs and other documentary evidence -- 5. A story in search of its subject : how to find your plot -- 6. The self in the story : finding your voice -- 7. To tell or not to tell : ethical considerations in writing a memoir.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 145 M478l 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000119534

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161).

Foreword / Vivian Gornick -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : necessary fictions of the self -- 1. Back talk : Getting started by talking back to your inner censors -- 2. "Spots of time" : learning to remember -- 3. "Just make it up, then see if it is true" : imagination coming to the aid of memory -- 4. Using photographs and other documentary evidence -- 5. A story in search of its subject : how to find your plot -- 6. The self in the story : finding your voice -- 7. To tell or not to tell : ethical considerations in writing a memoir.

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