Annual Bibliography of Works About Life-Writing

@article{Wachter2010AnnualBO,
  title={Annual Bibliography of Works About Life-Writing},
  author={Phyllis E. Wachter},
  journal={Biography},
  year={2010},
  volume={20},
  pages={537 - 569}
}
Individually, as authors of our own life stories, we have the ability to rewrite the life-texts of those human beings who have been temporarily lost or forgotten, just as collectively, we have an opportunity to help perpetuate the inclusion of the widest spectrum of human difference and diversity. Obscuring any boundaries separating individuals from each other, the collective mindset in its most idealized form has the potential for encompassing the greatest possible universal identity. 
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Life Stories: The Creation of Coherence

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Telling God's story

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