Author Archives: Mia

Nefarious Plan

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Marginalia as Autobiography: My Mother’s Confirmation Bible

  From Apr 19, 2011 Please click on the image above to zoom in and read the slide. I think something that many people find troubling about the genre of autobiography is that despite claiming to have some large share … Continue reading

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The 13 Virtues for Autobiography Writing, inspired by Benjamin Franklin

1. Temperance Don’t talk about a subject or event until you wear out its interest. Don’t overuse words to the point of dulling their meaning. 2. Silence Know when to withhold your opinions from the text; allow the reader at times … Continue reading

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L is for the way you look at me…

In concert with my post from last week, Black-Out Conversion, I want to tackle another topic from Smith & Watson’s Chapter on Autobiographical Acts in their book Reading Autobiography. This time, what I referred to as the “who” interests me … Continue reading

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Black-Out Conversion

In Smith and Watson’s Reading Autobiography, in their chapter about autobiographical acts, I see them frame autobiography by looking at the who, what, where, when, how and why of their creation. The who is the person to which the story … Continue reading

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A Meditation on the Conception of My Name

My mother thought I was going to be a boy, and so in newlywed fervor decided to name me most fittingly after my father. When I arrived that morning in June though, I was most definitely not a baby boy. … Continue reading

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