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My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir
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Told in 80 short crystalline chapters, this exquisite and celebratory portrait of Carson McCullers and her work, is a captivating study of art, kinship and queerness. Shapland brings a palpable inquisitiveness to her subject, but with her deft mix of memoir and biography, asks us also to consider the interplay between the two perspectives, their possibilities and limitations. What emerges is a unique meditation on the art of telling a life.
Winner of the Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award, and a Lambda Literary Award
Finalist for the National Book Award
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
How do you tell the real story of someone misremembered—an icon and idol—alongside your own? Jenn Shapland’s celebrated debut is both question and answer: an immersive, surprising exploration of one of America’s most beloved writers, alongside a genr...
Finalist for the National Book Award
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
How do you tell the real story of someone misremembered—an icon and idol—alongside your own? Jenn Shapland’s celebrated debut is both question and answer: an immersive, surprising exploration of one of America’s most beloved writers, alongside a genr...
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