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Chargement... Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrativepar Melissa Febos
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Because personal narrative is what flows from me when I sit to write I knew I wanted, even needed, to read Fobes's offering when a friend recommended it. It is thoughtful, original, encouraging, honest and a whole lot more. So glad I own a copy of my own. Sentences and whole paragraphs underlined—many. Here are a few gems: Navel-gazing is not for the faint of heart. The risk of honest self-appraisal requires bravery. To place our flawed selves in the context of this magnificent, broken world is the opposition of narcissism, which is building a self-image that pleases you. Listen to me: It is not gauche to write about trauma. It is subversive. The stigma of victimhood is a timeworn tool of oppressive powers to gaslight the people they subjugate into relieving that by naming their disempowerment tye are being dramatic, whining, attention-grabbing, or els beating a dead horse. By convincing us to police our own and one another’s stories, they have enlisted us in the project of our own continued disempowerment. …the more we believe we ought to be something that we are not, the more money we will spend in that mission. … The genius of social conditioning is that it is vital and can adapt to any situation a human might enter. Whereas writing was once an exercise in transcription, it has become an exercise in transformation. An analytical part of me takes over when I write and creates a distance between me and the subject, and in that space I have always been able to breathe. Like a cracked door the cold seems trough, so did the truth begin to seep into me. …a way to make my suffering useful. Beautiful, even. In this slender volume, author and professor Melissa Febos shares her thoughts on memoir writing. She addresses the necessity and value of writing about painful things, even when telling the truth might hurt family members or former partners. She also discusses the writing of sex scenes, and the divine nature of confessing on the page. This is the first book I have read by Melissa Febos, and, since she refers often to her own work, it would probably have been better if I had read at least one of her own memoirs first. Still, reluctant writers with stories to tell may find themselves liberated by Febos’s radical honesty. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and master class, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the questions which run through it. How might we go about capturing on the page the relationships that have formed us? How do we write about our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean for an author's way of writing, or living, to be dismissed as "navel-gazing" - or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her own path from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor - via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia - Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas - and occasional notes of caution - to anyone who has ever hoped to see themselves in a story. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I found it mildly interesting but it did read kinda like a uni lecture.