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This course will explore women’s autobiographical writing in the 20th and 21st centuries. We will study the genre of autobiography generally, and examine the issues and challenges that attend women’s autobiographical narratives in particular. Authors/works studied will likely include: Carolyn Kay Steedman’s Landscape for a Good Woman, Deborah Levy’s Things I Don't Want to Know, Lynda Barry’s One! Hundred! Demons!, Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, Lyn Hejinian’s My Life, and Colombe Schneck’s Swimming in Paris.