Comments on: Help Me Write: Autobiographies http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/autobiography/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michelle Glauser http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/autobiography/comment-page-1/#comment-147059 Michelle Glauser Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:26:43 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1796#comment-147059 I'm looking at doing a doctorate and would like to focus on women's autobiographies/journals/diaries/blogs. What programs at what schools would you suggest? What scholars or books should I look into? I’m looking at doing a doctorate and would like to focus on women’s autobiographies/journals/diaries/blogs. What programs at what schools would you suggest? What scholars or books should I look into?

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]]> By: Roundup: History Lessons « Mark Athitakis’ American Fiction Notes http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/autobiography/comment-page-1/#comment-145793 Roundup: History Lessons « Mark Athitakis’ American Fiction Notes Wed, 14 May 2008 11:08:03 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1796#comment-145793 [...] American Literature: A Very Short Introduction, is back again, this time looking for advice about autobiographies. Not my bailiwick, but a few personal favorites that spring to mind: John Updike’s [...] [...] American Literature: A Very Short Introduction, is back again, this time looking for advice about autobiographies. Not my bailiwick, but a few personal favorites that spring to mind: John Updike’s [...]

]]> By: Jerry Waxler http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/autobiography/comment-page-1/#comment-145782 Jerry Waxler Tue, 13 May 2008 21:52:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1796#comment-145782 What a vast and provocative question, and one that I have become obsessed about - turning life into story. Check out my 100+ essays on my blog. And that's only tapping the surface. I have so much more to learn. Why Ben Franklin, and why "literature?" Are you going to bring it up to the present, or mostly stay way back in the past? One source of information you might be interested in is a book about writing biography. "How To Do Biography: A Primer" by Nigel Hamilton. Good luck with your project. Best wishes, Jerry Waxler http://www.memorywritersnetwork.com/blog What a vast and provocative question, and one that I have become obsessed about – turning life into story. Check out my 100+ essays on my blog. And that’s only tapping the surface. I have so much more to learn. Why Ben Franklin, and why “literature?” Are you going to bring it up to the present, or mostly stay way back in the past? One source of information you might be interested in is a book about writing biography. “How To Do Biography: A Primer” by Nigel Hamilton.

Good luck with your project.
Best wishes,
Jerry Waxler
http://www.memorywritersnetwork.com/blog

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