Tag: personal history
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Magazine Writer To Personal Historian, Pt2
When the book arrived, she had a big party. I know people who do legacy videos, which are nice. But there’s nothing like holding a book – a book about your life – in your hands. Everyone deserves their 15 minutes of fame. But when it comes in printed form, it will last a lifetime.
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Magazine Writer To Personal Historian, Pt1
Most of the work of writing a memoir is about the introspective aspect of figuring out how all those events fit into the emotional dynamics of a person’s life. How did you capture this “vicarious introspection” – what did it feel like to search through another person’s memory and look for structure?
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Ghost Wrote Her Mother’s Memoir, Interview Part 2
My mother liked telling stories and talking about the festivals, but hated being interviewed, and she thought I was crazy for writing about her life. She thought her life was difficult and sad so who’d want to hear about that. She also thought since everyone in Japan had lived through those tough times that her…
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