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Harvesting History While Farming the Flats
Near the beginning of Harvesting History, a memoir of land and filmmaking and family, it is 1969, and Muriel Aggie Murch, a nurse, and her filmmaker husband Walter have moved north from Los Angeles, where Walter Murch had attended USC film school with a cadre of friends who […]
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Memoir and Autobiography
Dancing on My Own Two Feet
Dancing on My Own Two Feet opens with a marriage proposal. It is a crisp, spring day. As waves roll onto a California beach, Jenn Todling is presented with three sparkling diamonds on a platinum band. Her boyfriend, Morey, has her in his arms and waits patiently for […]
Categories: Memoir and Autobiography
Tags: Faith/Religion/Spirituality, Family relations, Good Books, Women's issues
Tags: Faith/Religion/Spirituality, Family relations, Good Books, Women's issues
The Land of Everlasting Sky: A Memoir of Loss and Legacy on Lake of the Woods
What happens when you lose everything you thought you had, and have to start over? When what you thought you understood about your family and history turns out to be wrong? Those questions propel The Land of Everlasting Sky, a haunting memoir that braids Swenson’s life and her […]
Categories: Memoir and Autobiography
Tags: Cultures, environment, Good Books, History, Race relations
Tags: Cultures, environment, Good Books, History, Race relations
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An Interview with Mariam Pirbhai
The daughter of Pakistani immigrants, Pirbhai is Professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University, where she teaches and specializes in postcolonial studies and creative writing. […]
