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The wanting was a wilderness : Cheryl Strayed's Wild and the art of memoir afterwords / Alden Jones.

by Jones, Alden.

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Fiction Advocate, 2020.

Strayed, Cheryl, 1968- Wild -- Criticism and interpretation.

Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.

9780999431665 (pbk.)

191 p. ; 16 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

This is not the book I sat down to write -- A normal person in the wilderness -- The genre of our times -- Fashioning persona -- My own system(at)ic oppression -- You construct the map after you have walked the land -- Brave is a decision -- Truth works a trip wire -- Then there was the real live truly doing It -- Boots on the ground -- A note on the construction of this book -- The crew -- The urge to revise the past -- Accountability in the redemption memoir -- Fake it 'til you make It -- False ending one : love wins -- False ending two : in search of reluctance -- The end of the trail.

"How did Cheryl Strayed turn a solo hike into an inspirational memoir, beloved by millions? Memoirist and professor Alden Jones sets out to explore why. But when a sudden personal crisis occurs while she is writing, Jones realizes she must confront some difficult truths, both in her life and on the page. 'The wanting was a wilderness' is a profoundly original work that blends criticism, craft analysis, and a memoir of Jones's own time in the wilderness. The result is a celebration of 'wild' and a map of our long path to self-discovery."--From publisher.

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