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Ongoingness : the end of a diary

by Sarah Manguso

This meditative essay examines memory and time through the lens of a diary kept for twenty-five years. It explores how the experience of motherhood changed a long-standing need to document life, offering a reflection on mortality and impermanence.

Accession 9294 ISBN 9781555977030 Publisher Graywolf Press
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