Tag: autobiography

• Podcast on The Craft of Writing Memoir: Derek Owens’ Memory’s Wake

  The craft of writing memoir and the subject of recovered memories and post traumatic stress syndrome were among the topics as I visited with St. John’s University English Professor and Vice Provost Dr. Derek Owens. His latest book is entitled Memory’s Wake and tells the story of an abusive relationship between his grandmother and mother.…

  William Torgerson

  August 1, 2012

  Torg Life

  Apple, autobiography, blue snowball mic, Coffee House Press, composition, diary, English, Garage Band, grammar, history, iTunes, journal, MacBook, memoir, memory, New York, nonfiction, Paul Metcalfe, place, podcast, post tramatic stress syndrome, psychoanalysis, ptsd, publication, research, Spuyten Duyvil Press, St. John’s University, structure, sustainability, writing

• Autobiography and Fiction in Love on the Big Screen

  With the first readers finishing up Love on the Big Screen, questions like this one have begun to roll in via Facebook, email, and text:  Did the Sunday meetings in underwear/helmets really happen?  Am I right that Moon is actually_________?  Isn’t The Dini based on______?   In other words, these readers want to know from…

  William Torgerson

  February 9, 2011

  Torg Life

  autobiography, Bon Jovi, fiction, love, Love on the Big Screen, movies, novel, Olivet Nazarne University, William Torgerson, writing