Document Type
Panel Presentation
Start Date
19-4-2018 10:45 AM
End Date
19-4-2018 12:00 PM
Keywords
memory, creative nonfiction, Alzheimer's
Biography
Sarah Canterbury is a senior at Marshall University. Her nonfiction essay “The Books I Never Read” was published by The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and her nonfiction essay M O V I N G L E T T E R S has been accepted for publication by GNU Journal. Sarah also has an upcoming academic publication with The James Dickey Review. Her braided essay Remembering Sophia Jane is currently entered in the AWP Intro into Journalism Awards and part of a larger nonfiction and memory research project backed by Marshall University’s Undergraduate Creative Discovery Awards.
Major
Creative Writing AND Literary Studies
Advisor for this project
Joel Peckham
Abstract
Remembering Sophia Jane braids personal narratives and research on the nature of Alzheimer’s, memory, and the role of memory in creative nonfiction, together with personal reflection and active scene. It explores common aspects of the reality of Alzheimer’s as well as the reality facing caregivers. The combination of scene, research, and description work to fill a sort of gap in the genre of the Illness Memoir by reflecting and exploring what the role and authority memory has in storytelling as a whole, and specifically the role in nonfiction work. By redefining the boundaries of Alzheimer’s narratives, illness memoirs, and the crafting processing of creative nonfiction, Remembering Sophia Jane is a nonfiction essay with a message, meaning, and authority on more than disease, but memory, identity, and loss.
Remembering Sophia Jane
Remembering Sophia Jane braids personal narratives and research on the nature of Alzheimer’s, memory, and the role of memory in creative nonfiction, together with personal reflection and active scene. It explores common aspects of the reality of Alzheimer’s as well as the reality facing caregivers. The combination of scene, research, and description work to fill a sort of gap in the genre of the Illness Memoir by reflecting and exploring what the role and authority memory has in storytelling as a whole, and specifically the role in nonfiction work. By redefining the boundaries of Alzheimer’s narratives, illness memoirs, and the crafting processing of creative nonfiction, Remembering Sophia Jane is a nonfiction essay with a message, meaning, and authority on more than disease, but memory, identity, and loss.
