Will You Take Me As I Am by Michelle Mercer

Author:Michelle Mercer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

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Singing the Blues Makes You Bluer

THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONFLICTING perspectives on the value and purpose of autobiographical writing. Here’s how writer Bob Shacochis determines its value:

When Barry Lopez asked tribal elders in traditional cultures, “What do you mean by a storyteller?” they answered, When the stories you tell help. Writing is an essential act of community, no matter that it is born and executed in isola tion and self-exile. The point you have to come to is this: Am I alone after reading this story? With a great writer, you never touch bottom, and you never feel alone.

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