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Amie Souza Reilly bought an old house in the suburbs. She had just gotten remarried and was looking forward to a new start with her new husband and he...Lees meer
This volume applies the insight and methods of career construction theory to explore how autobiographical writing is used in different professional ca...Lees meer
In the age of social media, life writing is ubiquitous. But if life writing is now almost universal--engaged with on our phones; reported in our news;...Lees meer
I Have a Story to Tell You is about Eastern European Jewish immigrants living in Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg in the early twentieth century. The s...Lees meer
Autobiographical impostures, once they come to light, appear to us as outrageous, scandalous. They confuse lived and textual identity (the person in t...Lees meer
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