On Writing the Self

[olugbemisola]

At the Brooklyn Book Festival Jacqueline Woodson spoke about accessing her own adolescence as she writes for teens; death and death of self are themes I'm exploring in a novel. This morning I thought about these words from bell hooks in her essay on "Writing Autobiography":

"To me, telling the story of my growing up years was intimately connected

Comments

[missrodeo]

"I wanted to kill that self in writing." Such an interesting idea. Thanks for sharing!

[bluemalibu]

thank you for your candidness on your blog :)

[olugbemisola]

Hello, hello! Thanks for stopping by. And thanks for friending me. I think you're right -- I've visited your sites often (you made me laugh out loud a with that literacy quote from the President), and your memoir sounds fascinating. :-)