• 1. What Is Biography?

  • Dec 19 2023
  • Length: 22 mins
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1. What Is Biography?

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  • I talk about the definition of biography (what a biography is and what it isn't); briefly mention the origin of biography as a form of writing; and provide examples of the variety of biography, using three biographical works I have written.

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    > Matt Balaker and Wayne Jones, Greg Giraldo: A Comedian's Story (Laguna Beach: Starkbill Publishing, 2019)

    > Nigel Hamilton and Hans Renders, The ABC of Modern Biography (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2018)

    > Wayne Jones, Less and Less: Personal Minimalism (Ottawa: William & Park, 2013, republished 2023)

    > Wayne Jones, My Sam Johnson: A Biography for General Readers (Ottawa: William & Park, 2023)
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