The Business of Memory: The Art of Remembering in an Age of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Baxter, Charles, PUBLISHER: Graywolf Press, In the current information age, "memory" is as likely to be an attribute of a computer as a human being. In "Graywolf Forum Three: The Business of Memory," editor Charles Baxter invites twelve creative writers to contemplate the externalization of what was once so deeply personal. The resulting essays address a provocative range of topics: the explosion of interest in the memoir; the recovered-memory movement; America in the grip of an "amnesia plague;" the need for coherent stories of our past to help us organize our present; and forgetfulness--political, cultural, and literary--and the shame and allure it holds. Throughout, these fascinating pieces illuminate the art of remembering in a time when memory has become a highly measurable commodity. Contributors: Charles Baxter Richard Bausch Karen Brennan Bernard Cooper Lydia Davis Steve Erickson Alvin Greenberg Patricia Hampl Margot Livesey James A. McPherson Victoria Morrow Michael Ryan Sylvia Watanabe