On the Demands of Truthfulness in Writing Personal Loss Narratives
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1996
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/15325029608412838
Abstract
There's no doubt that [your] descriptions evoke detailed images, but I think it's the honesty of that voice that makes the reader listen in the first place. and I also think that it's an honesty of content and not just of tone, (personal letter from Mika Uematsu, July 5, 1995)
He wrote me a wonderful letter… The crux of what he said was that I should never be afraid of appearing angry, small-minded, obtuse, mean, immoral, amoral or calculating. “Take no care for your dignity,” he said, and I have followed his advice scrupulously ever since. (From Mary Karr, author of The Liar's Club, writing about a letter from Tobias Wolff, author of This Boy's Life, quoted in Basbanes, 1995)
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss, v. 1, issue 2, p. 151-177
Scholar Commons Citation
Ellis, Carolyn, "On the Demands of Truthfulness in Writing Personal Loss Narratives" (1996). Communication Faculty Publications. 263.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/263
