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In the current information age, "memory" is as likely to be an attribute of a computer as a human being. In Graywolf Forum Three: The Business of Memory, editor Charles Baxter invites twelve creative writers to contemplate the externalization of what was once so deeply personal. The resulting essays address a provocative range of topics: the explosion of interest in the memoir; the recovered-memory movement; America in the grip of an "amnesia plague;" the need for coherent stories of our past to help us organize our present; and forgetfulness--political, cultural, and literary--and the shame and allure it holds. Throughout, these fascinating pieces illuminate the art of remembering in a time when memory has become a highly measurable commodity.
Contributors:
Charles Baxter
Richard Bausch
Karen Brennan
Bernard Cooper
Lydia Davis
Steve Erickson
Alvin Greenberg
Patricia Hampl
Margot Livesey
James A. McPherson
Victoria Morrow
Michael Ryan
Sylvia Watanabe
Contributors:
Charles Baxter
Richard Bausch
Karen Brennan
Bernard Cooper
Lydia Davis
Steve Erickson
Alvin Greenberg
Patricia Hampl
Margot Livesey
James A. McPherson
Victoria Morrow
Michael Ryan
Sylvia Watanabe
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In the current information age, "memory" is as likely to be an attribute of a computer as a human being. In Graywolf Forum Three: The Business of Memory, editor Charles Baxter invites twelve creative writers to contemplate the externalization of what was once so deeply personal: Richard Bausch, Karen Brennan, Bernard Cooper, Lydia Davis, Steve Erickson, Alvin Greenberg, Patricia Hampl, Margot Livesey, James Alan McPherson, Victoria Morrow, Michael Ryan, and Sylvia Watanabe.
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The resulting essays address a provocative range of topics: the explosion of interest in the memoir, the recovered-memory movement, America in the grip of an amnesia plague, and the need for coherent stories of our past to help us organize our present. Here is Patricia Hampl, divulging the likelihood that she will continue to reveal other people's secrets, despite the documented cost. Here is Bernard Cooper's belated dismay and amazement at realizing just how public is the publication of his memoirs. Here are Baxter's own musings on forgetfulness-- political, cultural, and literary--and the shame and allure it holds. Throughout, these fascinating essays illuminate the art of remembering in a time when memory has become a highly measurable commodity.
Charles Baxter is the author of several books, including Burning Down the House and Believers. He has been honored with an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Baxter lives in Ann Arbor and teaches at the University of Michigan.
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- PublisherGraywolf Press
- Publication date1999
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