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The Shifting Unreliability of Memory: A Reading List ‹ Literary Hub
Jo Harkin Recommends Anne Tyler, Meredith Westgate, and More By Jo Harkin, March 2, 2022 Writers are preoccupied with memory. They have to be: a story is, at its most fundamental level, a sequence of memories. You can’t have a plot without memory. Endings need a middle. A middle has to have a beginning. Effect follows cause.…
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Why the coming-of-age narrative is a conformist lie | Aeon Essays
Editor’s Note: Thoughtful essay, ideas to ponder… How can you go about finding ‘who you really are’ if the whole idea of the one true self is a big fabrication? Source: Why the coming-of-age narrative is a conformist lie | Aeon Essays
