Colloquium: February 17, 2022, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only Title: “Why have memoirs become prevalent and influential? How can we judge authenticity? Does it matter?”

Colloquium: February 17, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only.

Topic: Why have memoirs become so prevalent and influential? How can we judge their authenticity? Does it matter?

Chair: Magdalene Redekop

Readings:

Thomas Larson, “The Age of Memoir” https://www.thomaslarson.com/publications/essays-and-memoirs/76-the-age-of-memoir.html

Alison Wearing, “Memoir is Not the Story of Your Life” https://open-book.ca/Writer-in-Residence/Archives/Alison-Wearing/Memoir-is-Not-the-Story-of-Your-Life

Bahar Gholipour, “Writing a Memoir is a Strange Psychological Trip Through Your Past” https://www.thecut.com/2017/04/what-happens-to-your-memories-when-you-write-a-memoir.html

Parul Sehgal, “The Case Against the Trauma Plot” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/the-case-against-the-trauma-plot?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits&fbclid=IwAR0f2QVats5oC_JeTjMKoafASZWQgyj6nwdrE7nR5nG7L1pec2hjwakXC6g

Interview with Tomson Highway, author of Permanent Astonishment https://www.cbc.ca/books/tomson-highway-s-memoir-permanent-astonishment-is-written-as-a-symphony-to-life-1.6199176?fbclid=IwAR2je_A6EZj0Em-C3q6GvsH8hajNN-3UyOUukb_oaMXg2wdljaeydSM1r-0

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