I Could Tell You Stories by Patricia Hampl
In this timely gathering, Patricia Hampl, one of our most elegant practitioners, weaves personal stories and grand ideas into shimmering bolts of prose (Minneapolis Star Tribune) as she explores the autobiographical writing that has enchanted or bedeviled her. Subjects engaging Hampl's attention include her family's response to her writing, the ethics of writing about family and friends, St. Augustine's Confessions, reflections on reading Walt Whitman during the Vietnam War, and an early experience reviewing Sylvia Plath. The word that unites the impulse within all the pieces is Remember a command that can be startling. For to remember is to make a pledge: to the indelible experience of personal perception, and to history itself.
Patricia Hampl, Regents' Professor at the University of Minnesota, lives in St. Paul.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393320312 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393320316 |
| Title | I Could Tell You Stories |
| Author | Patricia Hampl |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2000-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 234 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Award 1999 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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