Authors -- Biography

The diary: the epic of everyday life

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"The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive feature…

The diary: the epic of everyday life

0 Type: Book

"The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive feature…

The diary: the epic of everyday life

by Ben-Amos, Dan, Ben-Amos, Batsheva

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"The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive feature…

The diary: the epic of everyday life

0 Type: Book

"The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive feature…

The diary: the epic of everyday life

0 Type: Book

"The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive feature…

The diary: the epic of everyday life

0 Type: Book

"The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive feature…

The wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain

by S©Ưs, Peter

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Artist S©Ưs Peter describes what it was like growing up in a Communist country and discusses how Western culture influenced his life.

Memoir of the Sunday brunch

by Pandl, Julia

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At the age of twelve, Julia Pandl was initiated into the ritual of the Sunday brunch at her father's Milwaukee-based restaurant, a weekly madhouse where she--and her eight siblings before her--learned not just the family business but also life lessons that would shape them for y…

It all changed in an instant: more six-word memoirs by writers famous & obscure

by Smith, Larry, Fershleiser, Rachel

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A collection of six-word memoirs by bestselling and little-known writers, submitted to the online "SMITH Magazine."

Critical survey of short fiction

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Writer entries are arranged alphabetically and include: dates and places of birth and death; a list of principal short fiction; an overview of other literary forms; achievements; biography; and analysis. The analysis section discusses the writer's style and themes, with subsecti…

It all changed in an instant: more six-word memoirs by writers famous & obscure

by Smith, Larry, Fershleiser, Rachel

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Thousands of people around the world responded to <SMITH</ Magazine's call for six-word memoirs. Following up on the smashing success of the <New York Times</ bestseller <Not Quite What I Was Planning, </ here are more memoirs from Sarah Silverman, Junot Diaz, Neil Patrick Harri…

Let me finish

by Angell, Roger

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Autobiography of Roger Angell's early years growing up in New York with his mother, Katharine White, founding editor of "The New Yorker" and his step-father, author E.B. White.

Let me finish

by Angell, Roger

fromHarvest book

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Autobiography of Roger Angell's early years growing up in New York with his mother, Katharine White, founding editor of "The New Yorker" and his step-father, author E.B. White

An inkwell of pen names

by Smith, Stephen

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This book tells the stories of 100 authors' pen names in a hundred short chapters. Many other authors who used pen names are discussed incidentally. Features of the compendium include pen names beginning with every letter of the alphabet, authors from twenty-five countries, the …

Something about the author: Volume 206

by Gale

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David Acer -- Anna Alter, 1974- -- Russell Ayto, 1960- -- Roberta Baker -- David Barneda -- Mary Jane Begin, 1963- -- Floella Benjamin, 1949- -- Emily Bolam, 1969- -- Ben Boos, 1971- -- Catherine Brighton, 1943- -- Kristin Cashore, 1976(?)- -- David Catrow, 1952- -- Tom Connell …