"He spoke but to command, and commanded but to be obeyed; he dealt sparingly with his words, and bountifully with his whip, never using the former where the latter would answer as well."
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..to write or not to write an autobiography...
Eye and I
Will the Read Marilyn Monroe Please Step Forward?
"Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall" Picasso, 1932
a place for sharing ideas about the self writing about the self.
..a staggering genius...
..to write or not to write an autobiography...
Whose autobiography?
...running from and into the family...
Alfred Kazin
Inside History Now
Ironing out the wrinkles?
EGO SPEAKS
Eye and I
Looking for ...
Will the Read Marilyn Monroe Please Step Forward?
What We are Reading
- Dave Eggers "Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- Vladimir Nabokov "Speak Memory"
- Michael Ondaatje "Running in the Family"
- Mary McCarthy "Memories of a Catholic Girlhood"
- Katharine C. Black "Works in Progress"
- Jamaica Kincaid "The Autobiography of My Mother"
- Frederick Douglass, "My Narrative as a Slave"
- Edwidge Danticat "Brother, I'm Dying"
- Eavan Boland "Object Lessons"
- Alfred Kazin "A Walker in the City"
looking in the mirror
"Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall" Picasso, 1932
Welcome!
Welcome to a semester of conversations with each other about autobiography! Be sure to check in the night before the class meets the next day for postings & a chance to add your own two cents.
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