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  • Roxane Gay is Spelled With One "N": The Things We Carry

    roxanegay:

    I read this article, Journalism is not Narcissism, at Gawker, of all publications, and I understand the impetus behind the writing. I agree with many of the points being made (I can’t tell you how often I’m asked if I’m going to write a memoir). I also can’t help but think what a privilege it…

    I really like this, but I’m wondering if you mean “first person” as in someone telling their own story (assumedly in the first person) or “first person” as in writing a story in the first person as opposed to the third person.

    Source: roxanegay
    • January 2, 2013 (8:28 pm)
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      This one too. “Necessity is also true of what we write. There is a proliferation of first person narratives because our...
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      Love this. I love the complicated nature of first person/personal narratives and the politics of who may be being...
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      If you read that, read this.
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      really like this, but...you mean “first person”...in someone...
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