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Aftershocks of Memoir.

The transcript of a roundtable discussion about memoir writing at the 2009 Associated Writing Program's Annual Conference is presented. Panelists include Natalia Rachel Singer, Leila Philip, and Bob Cowser, Jr. The panelists discussed their experiences with publishing memoirs and the risks entailed...

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Published in:Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 145 - 160
Main Authors: COWSER, JR., BOB, PHILIP, LEILA, SINGER, NATALIA RACHEL
Format: Proceedings
Published: Michigan State University Press Spring2011
Subjects:
Memoirs
Nonfiction reading materials
Author-publisher relations
Singer, Natalia Rachel
Philip, Leila
Cowser, Bob
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The transcript of a roundtable discussion about memoir writing at the 2009 Associated Writing Program's Annual Conference is presented. Panelists include Natalia Rachel Singer, Leila Philip, and Bob Cowser, Jr. The panelists discussed their experiences with publishing memoirs and the risks entailed in the genre, including the ethical obligations to family and friends, whether the manuscript should be shown to others before publication, and the dilemma of what to edit in light of possible personal difficulty to the author.