NEW! American Lives: A Reader, edited by Tobias Wolff

Memoir
THE FORTUNE TELLER'S KISS
Growing up Turkish in the Bronx
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The Blue Farm: POEMS
Poetry about the value of family, poetry, the mystery of Peru, and more...

WRITING PERSONAL HISTORIES - HER-STORIES

The Autobiographical Novel...

August 12, 2009

Trudging along with "Wedding in Peru," I realize that I'm changing names and "making things up." Does this make it an autobiographical novel, or is it still a memoir because it's MOSTLY true?