Leigh Gilmore to Lecture on Autobiography

LUNCHEON SERIES EXAMINES WOMEN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

     COLUMBUS -- When women tell different, new, disturbing and 
powerful stories, how do these narratives shift our understanding 
of history, life and literature?  The answer will be discussed 
during the 1996 Women's Luncheon Series, Women and Knowledge: 
Changing Minds, Changing Lives presented by The Ohio State 
University's College of Humanities and Department of Women's 
Studies.

     Leigh Gilmore, professor of English and Women's Studies, 
will present "Enough About You; Let's Talk About Me: A Brief 
History of Women's Autobiography" on April 24 at noon at the 
Hyatt on Capitol Square, 75 E. State St.  This talk will examine 
how women writers have developed their own ways of telling the 
truth about their lives.

     Gilmore said contemporary women's autobiography is one of 
the fastest developing and richly experimental forms of 
literature today.

     "I hope an exploration of this less well-charted territory 
will inspire readers to think again about what value they assign 
to autobiography and to engage with some women's writing they may 
not have read or thought about before as autobiography," said 
Gilmore. "I'm interested in what happens to those stories."

     Registration is $15 per person; pre-registration is required 
by calling Shari Lorbach, coordinator of alumni and public 
relations in the College of Humanities, at (614) 292-1882.

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Contact: Shari Lorbach, coordinator of alumni and public 
relations in the College of Humanities, (614) 292-1882.


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