“Men’s memoirs are about answers; women’s memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have a place in posterity, while most women know that posterity is what happens when you no longer care. Women want to connect with others here and now; they couldn’t care less about legacy! – Isabel Allende
Another way of looking at it:
“I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It’s easier to get to the truth by not claiming that you are speaking it. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir.
– Armistead Maupin
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memoir or fictionalized truth
today
both feet
perched on the edge – a precipice
pulling stories together
exposing more than self
lighting a few candles
would be an effort in
futility
opting for the wrecking crew approach
deciding it was time
breaking down doors
wrenching skeletons
long entrenched
now meticulously scrutinized
committing their crimes
to print
my greatest transgression
bearing witness
for those who were silenced
giving them a voice
while finally trusting
my own
changing names
to protect those not
yet born
and only reality is left
defamed
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bisous,
léa