The stories of lived experience offer powerful representations of a
nation’s complex and often fractured identity. Personal
narratives have taken many forms in American literature. From the
letters and journals of the famous and the lesser known to the
memoirs of former slaves to hit true crime podcasts to lyric essays
to the curated archives we keep on social media, life writing has
been a tool of both the influential and the disenfranchised to
spark cultural and political evolution, to help define the larger
identity of the nation, and to claim a sense of belonging within
it. Taken together, individual stories of real American lives weave
a tapestry of history, humanity, and art while raising questions
about the veracity of memory and the slippery nature of truth. This
volume surveys the forms of life writing that have contributed to
the richness of American literature and shaped American discourse.
It examines life writing as a rhetorical tool for social change and
explores how technological advancement has allowed ordinary
Americans to chronicle and share their lives with others.
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