"Yes, I like Karen's distinction (hi, Karen--I've not met you!), too. I read it to my students today as a way to distinguish the personal essay from memoir. I'm still hung up on the issue of fiction, however. Take Louise's diary;…"
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Glen Chamberlain replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reading Memoir'
"Sorry I'm slow in responding, John. I'm buried in papers I haven't gotten done. In the case of memoir and personal essay, I don't know how one avoids making material up. If you're writing about an event that took place years…"
Glen Chamberlain replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reading Memoir'
"Me again. My students had one more question (besides the above about whether memoir is fiction) for you. It's grown out of the book we're using: Bruce Ballenger's Crafting Truth. He has divided the book into three types of works: the…"
Glen Chamberlain replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reading Memoir'
"John, I'm not sure if by 'this' being the case, you refer to the possibility that memoir has always been fiction, or that we're more concerned about it because the issue of memoir=fiction has been put before us . . . the…"
Glen Chamberlain replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reading Short Fiction'
"Kim, I think you're spot on about personal tempo. I began to realize that with Alan's post about the shape or length not mattering . . . to the reader. And that's what it's all about, isn't it . . . just connecting.…"
Glen Chamberlain replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reading Short Fiction'
"Caroline, yes, Munro is one of my favorites; she's very subtle and nuanced which is probably why her stories run on the long end of short fiction. What's amazing is how she's maintained her craftsmanship for so many decades. And the…"
Glen Chamberlain replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reading Short Fiction'
"Interesting! I'm a Cather fan--the way she gets at character through physical description--but I've never been able to get through Death Comes For the Archbishop. Oh oh!"
Glen Chamberlain replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reading Short Fiction'
"Thank you, Alan. I tend to get defensive about the genre I work in. And I shouldn't. I've read novels and collections of short stories that, I guess, treat me (give me delight) in very similar ways.I hate to sound like Forrest Gump's…"
Glen Chamberlain replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reading Short Fiction'
"So, Shann, a short story has to do everything a novel does in . . . what's a typical amount of time . . . 15-25 pages? Being such fine builders of short stories (thanks, David!), do we nevertheless all aspire to writing a novel? And, if so,…"
Glen Chamberlain replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reading Memoir'
"I'm teaching a creative nonfiction class at MSU-Bozeman, and the students, as well as I, am struggling when the memoir becomes fiction--or if it's fiction all along."
Glen Chamberlain replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reading Short Fiction'
"It's interesting to see the cross-hatching of authors in the lists you men have brought up, and I'd like to explore what it is in the quality of the writing of those cross-hatched authors that attracts you. Are there some universal…"
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