But even biographers, journalists, and historians have to be good writers in order write good books. The best and most original journalism...
No, as I said above, - biographies, autobiographies, journalism, and other forms of non-fiction, especially creative non-fiction, would do fine....
Si claro. I've read everything Marquez has written, including his short stories and autobiographies. Other writers in that genre you should...
Yes, of course I read that in college and several time since. Along with many other books by Hofstadter. Currently reading Le Ton Beau de Marot.
And that's the problem. I'm trying to find a community of people who DO regularly read non-fiction/memoirs/bios, so we can discuss these topics...
Another possibility is to not be constrained by a need for linear narrative. And that's my goal, as I said in the OP. When you're 68 your...
I read the original Hollywood Babylon. It's written in the breathless, over-the-top style of Hollywood gossip magazines. I grew up living in...
I used to have a Facebook account but I cancelled it in 2015. I was in a writers' group and a poetry group and several other groups related to...
So if you don't have an association with the institution (i.e., you're not a student, faculty, employee or major donor) in question would you...
Reference librarians are mainly good at looking up factual information, as your examples illustrate. You said, "The reference librarian will not...
You must have a better library than we do. Why would a reference librarian know about the construction and styles of these kinds of books,...
I totally agree. I've been taking classes and workshops and been in writing groups for decades. My first one was with Michael Curtis, then...
Since this discussion seems to have petered out is there a more appropriate forum to ask advice about this? People write about themselves in...
Thanks Seth and Xoic for your input. With such a wide range of interests as I have, and perhaps because I have a touch of ADD, I've learned the...
Keep in mind that to a remarkable extent autobiography is fiction and vice versa. There's a gradation between them, not a hard line. In literary...
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