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Vivian Gornick

The Situation and the Story

The Situation and the Story

A classic guide to the art of personal narrative and the use of narrative persona in essays and memoirs by Vivian Gornick.

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  • Mason Currey
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    “For writers wondering why some things they write just “work” and others really really do not… Gornick provides a brilliant framework for thinking about narrative persona in essays and memoirs (though much of what she says seems relevant to all genres)”

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