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Memoir, Autofiction, and What Lies Between
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Memoir, Autofiction, and What Lies Between

If I'm making up the framework, does that fictionalize the facts?

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Happy Autumn!

I’ve spent most of the summer trying to finish my 15-year opus about my father and our family. It’s now receiving its first reads while I reorient my attention to the prospect of sending this book to my agent. With that prospect comes the question of what to call it. I’m not talking about the title but the category, or genre. This is an iss…

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