Making and experiencing stories, remembering and retelling them
is something we all do. We tell stories over meals, at the water
cooler, and to both friends and strangers. But how do stories work?
What is it about telling and listening to stories that unites us?
And, more importantly, how do we change them-and how do they change
us?
In "The Story Is True," author, filmmaker, and photographer
Bruce Jackson explores the ways we use the stories that become a
central part of our public and private lives. He examines, as no
one before has, how stories narrate and bring meaning to our lives,
by describing and explaining how stories are made and used. The
perspectives shared in this engaging book come from the tellers,
writers, filmmakers, listeners, and watchers who create and consume
stories.
Jackson writes about his family and friends, acquaintances and
experiences, focusing on more than a dozen personal stories. From
oral histories, such as conversations the author had with poet
Steven Spender, to public stories, such as what happened when Bob
Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Jackson also
investigates how words can kill showing how diction can be an
administrator of death, as in Nazi extermination camps. And
finally, he considers the way lies come to resemble truth, showing
how the stories we tell, whether true or not, resemble truth to the
teller.
Ultimately, "The Story Is True" is about the place of
stories-fiction or real-and the impact they have on the lives of
each one of us.
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