February 2019 – Briana Una McGuckin

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February 23, 2019

For a Narrator with No Positive Role Models, Augusten Burroughs Sets a Good (Writing) Example

Running With Scissors is the memoir of a child who is neglected at best and endangered at worst, written by Augusten Burroughs. Living with his mother’s psychiatrist, Dr. Finch (who has no business tending to the mental illness of others), Burroughs loses his innocence as well… Read More

February 8, 2019

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Perspective Shifts in Lucy Grealy’s “Autobiography of a Face”

Reading Autobiography of a Face was much different than reading Karen, and not just because Lucy Grealy (its writer) dealt with Ewing’s sarcoma (cancer of the jaw) instead of cerebral palsy. As I read I focused on the opposite trajectory and mood of the narratives. Karen takes place… Read More