Shapeshifting
New research shows that memory may be the most unreliable narrator of all. But what seems like bad news for memoirists may turn out to be their new best friend.
Madelon Sprengnether is a poet, memoirist, and literary critic, and Regents Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. Her most recent books are the memoir, Great River Road (New Rivers Press) and the poetry collection, Near Solstice (Holy Cow Press). Follow her @spren001 or on Facebook.
New research shows that memory may be the most unreliable narrator of all. But what seems like bad news for memoirists may turn out to be their new best friend.