Document Type
Introduction
Abstract
[First paragraph]
Roughly two years before the completion of this special issue of Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture on "Unorthodox Autobiographies" I had just finished writing a short novel that attempted to synthesize events and experiences of my life with that of a fictional protagonist-something that helped me make sense of myself by making myself other. The result was a one-hundred and six-page work of literary non-fiction that I soon shopped around to agents and agencies. Although one reviewer described it as "lush and transporting," my text was nevertheless a "tough sell," and although I failed to garner a venue for publication, I had produced something, however small, about the storied conditions of my personal history.
Repository Citation
Smith, Matthew R.. "Introduction: Unorthodox Autobiographies." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 15, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1–4. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol15/iss1/1