Session Details

Friday, 30 December

668. Web Logs as Witness

8:30–9:45 a.m., McKinley, Marriott

Program arranged by the Division on Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing

Presiding: Sarah Bird Wright, Univ. of Richmond

1. “‘The Vagina Posse’: Witnessing Infertility and Claiming Sisterhood in Women’s Blogs,” Chandra L. Wells, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs

2. “Consuming Serial Autobiography: The Shame and Pleasure in Witnessing Slices of Lives,” Lena Karlsson, Lund Univ.

3. “Composing Subjectivity: Age, Voice, Audience, and the Republic of Blogosphere,” Mary Godwin, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette

4. “Blogs in the Composition Classroom: Spaces for Students to Witness, Engage, and Reflect,” Daisy M. Pignetti, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa

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