Tag: history
100Memoirs.com Reaches 100 Posts: A Mini-Memoir
Time for a little history report. My first blog post ever was written for the Fetzer Institute Campaign for Love and Forgiveness website. The subject was the week-long volunteer opportunity I was given to help with Katrina recovery in New Orleans. March 24-April, 3 blog posts appeared, and USA Today published my op-ed article about [...]
Posted: June 6th, 2009 under Personal Reflections.
Tags: Add new tag, Anthony, Fetzer Institute, history, mini-memoir, Santa Barbara Writers Conference, top 100 memoirs
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The Center for Mennonite Writing: Issue on Personal Writing
The English department of Goshen College has created a Center for Mennonite Writing online, including a new journal. The latest issue deserves special mention because it is about personal writing, life writing, or as we know it here, memoir.
One of my stories, “Daddy’s Girl,” which tells the story of how and why I bit a [...]
Posted: May 17th, 2009 under My Reviews, Personal Reflections.
Tags: Connie T. Braun, history, memory, metaphor, silence
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Memoir and Management: A Path to the Corner Office?
The New York Times runs interviews with CEO’s of various companies in a series called “The Corner Office.” On Sunday April 26, 2009, the subject was Richard Anderson, of Delta Air Lines as interviewed by Adam Bryant.
Since I taught both English and history to undergraduates, I was delighted to see Anderson’s emphasis on the need [...]
Posted: April 27th, 2009 under Memoir in the News.
Tags: Delta, history, management, memoir, Moleskines, Richard Anderson
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