tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post8101339211476671836..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: To Structure a MemoirBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-32345395152302490012011-12-07T14:31:14.351-06:002011-12-07T14:31:14.351-06:00It could get to almost 40C, but today we are grate...It could get to almost 40C, but today we are grateful for a little gentle rain and it was overcast all day. The sort of weather we often whine about on Christmas Day. <br /><br />I did begin teasing our family history out of my mother. My father is gone, but my mother can tell me her knowledge of his family history. Just recently we discovered that my mother's London roots include the Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-36165432823150991082011-12-06T14:00:46.321-06:002011-12-06T14:00:46.321-06:00N--Yes, you have a heckuva project there, so simil...N--Yes, you have a heckuva project there, so similar to mine. Important to. The genealogy alone is so much hard work. I like that about using women's history and slavery to help contextualize things. I always think it's so very important in nonfiction to appeal to as many senses as possible: the emotional, the logical, the personal, the public, the lyrical, the reportage, the historical, Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-89018826036938050372011-12-06T13:45:08.109-06:002011-12-06T13:45:08.109-06:00Again- I totally understand! My opus involves my ...Again- I totally understand! My opus involves my own history, my family's history, Quaker history, women's history in the US since 1642, the westward expansion, slavery, war. I've written journals and poems for a lot of my life, and since I"m close to your grandmother's age, (I'm 80,) that's a lot of words. How to hang it all together! And then the other question, Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401716619731162175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-57488964794581452152011-12-06T13:37:43.165-06:002011-12-06T13:37:43.165-06:00K--Oh you. I always know how to get you to comment...K--Oh you. I always know how to get you to comment! Ha.<br />D--Is it high summer by you now? How hot does it get?Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-50245330162008981832011-12-06T12:34:24.561-06:002011-12-06T12:34:24.561-06:00Doesn't sound 'quiet' to me. And I'...Doesn't sound 'quiet' to me. And I'm far from Oklahoma.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-65716319230388933682011-12-06T10:57:43.072-06:002011-12-06T10:57:43.072-06:00I vote not enough zombie sex.I vote not enough zombie sex.Kynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222304237028745181noreply@blogger.com