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One such work is the long-forgotten 1841 memoir A Narrative of the Experience and Sufferings of William Dodd, a Factory Cripple, Written By Himself . A graduate student from the University of California at Irvine will present an analysis of the Londoner's autobiography at the conference.
In his 1996 memoir Running in the Family the novelist and poet Michael Ondaatje wrote evocatively about the alphabet he learned in Sri Lanka as a boy, making note of the aesthetic consequences of yet another technological imperative:
Good reviews, for the most part, for the autobiography of one of hip-hop's most successful artists: "An amusing, contemplative memoir" that paints "a surprisingly humanistic portrait" of the crack dealer turned platinum-selling musician ( Kirkus Reviews ). The tales of his misspent youth and rise to fame are "eloquently told" (Michael Harris, the Los Angeles Times ). One reviewer splits from the pack and delivers a withering pan: "[T]he ability to sell a lot of records has almost nothing to do with insight or maturity.
Is it coincidence that the German newspaper Die Welt released the shorter 127-page memoir just days after Israel announced plans to release the longer version?
Think about what's happened to the novel since the fat, fecund days of Gravity's Rainbow . It's grown thin and literal and modest, so much so that the typical first novel isn't called a first novel anymore; it's called a memoir, just one step from journalism, and it's immunized from conventional criticism by its traumatized sincerity.
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