Life on the Page
Jim SeitzReflections on--and suggestions for--reading, writing, and teaching personal narrative.
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"Groundhog Day" Is the Greatest Movie Ever
Well, no, that’s an exaggeration. But I have no hesitation saying Groundhog Day is one of the greatest romantic comedies made during my lifetime. Even that may seem like a crazy statement, but I’m out to show it isn’t.
I first saw Groundho...
Teaching Against the Grain
There are things so deeply personal that they can be revealed only to strangers.
--Richard Rodriguez
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In a graduate course called “Stories...
Finding Her Way
I’m not one of those writers who looks back on a childhood filled with reading, my nose always in a book. Quite the contrary. I had a hard time sitting still as a kid, I found most books dull, and I was far more attracted to playing or watc...
Why Memoirs Aren't "Honest"
If I have a pet peeve with memoirs, it’s with how often they (and their writers) get praised for being “honest.” Even worse, “authentic” or “genuine.” These terms ignore a fundamental fact about memoir and all autobiographical writing—that...
"I"-Opening
“There was never yet an uninteresting life. Inside the dullest exterior, there is a drama, a comedy, a tragedy.” --Mark Twain
For the last five years, I’ve been asking students in my first-year college writing courses to compose short pers...
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