What did you learn from your experience? For example, when Roald Dahl wrote his first autobiography, Boy, he chose to focus on his school years. He tells the story of his local sweet shop and his ...

In the 16 essays assembled, he reflects on a breadth ... “100 Things About Writing a Novel” and “How to Write an Autobiographical Novel” implicitly counter the notion of a direct memoir.

I first read Lucy Grealy’s memoir, “Autobiography of a Face,” in 2014, when I was in my mid-20s and had just emerged from nearly four years of treatment for leukemia. I had imagined life ...

CFP: Seminar at the American Comparative Literature Association’s 2014 Annual Conference, Mar. 20-23, New York University. This seminar invites papers on visual and written accounts produced within ...