Fascinating. I find the We-memoir concept obnoxious. Telling your own personal story, if done well, is a universal experience. It’s a weird American form of reverse-narcissism to regard our own stories as too ‘selfish.’
You might want to pick up Bono's book again. There's some real classical wisdom in it- and I don't think someone writing how much they love their wife and bandmates (hence the we-moir) is such a bad thing these days.
Fascinating. I find the We-memoir concept obnoxious. Telling your own personal story, if done well, is a universal experience. It’s a weird American form of reverse-narcissism to regard our own stories as too ‘selfish.’
Michael Mohr
‘Sincere American Writing’
https://michaelmohr.substack.com/
You might want to pick up Bono's book again. There's some real classical wisdom in it- and I don't think someone writing how much they love their wife and bandmates (hence the we-moir) is such a bad thing these days.
thank you for the first laugh of the morning--We-Moir--that portmanteau has gone too far!