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'This article focuses on the trauma memoir as an identifiable type of creative writing. It begins by tracing its popularity, especially in the 1990s, in the process recognising what can be proposed as key works internationally, many of which—but not all—are American, as well as how these texts were received by critics and readers, in order to place the Australian trauma memoir in this broader context. The so-called ‘misery memoir’ is also discussed. As little investigation has focused on the Australian trauma memoir as a form of memoir, this article will profile some (mostly recent) examples of Australian trauma memoir in order to begin to investigate what these texts contribute to our understanding of the trauma memoir as a form of creative writing. This recognises debates over the literary and social value of memoirs.' (Publication abstract)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
- The Anti Cool Girl 2015 single work autobiography
- Flesh Wounds 2015 single work autobiography
- Working Class Boy 2016 single work autobiography
- Independent Member for Lyne 2014 single work autobiography
- Boy, Lost : A Family Memoir 2013 single work biography