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  2. Ram Dass - Wikipedia

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    Ram Dass was born Richard Alpert in 1931. His parents were Gertrude (Levin) and George Alpert, a lawyer in Boston. [10] He considered himself an atheist [11] during his early life.

  3. Personal narrative - Wikipedia

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    Charlotte Linde writes about life stories, which are similar to the personal narrative: "A life story consists of all the stories and associated discourse units, such as explanations and chronicles, and the connections between them, told by an individual during his/her lifetime that satisfy the following two criteria: The stories and associated discourse units contained in the life story have ...

  4. Life writing - Wikipedia

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    Life writing is an expansive genre that primarily deals with the purposeful recording of personal memories, experiences, opinions, and emotions for different ends. While what actually constitutes life writing has been up for debate throughout history, it has often been defined through the lens of the history of the autobiography genre as well as the concept of the self as it arises in writing.

  5. Original Stories from Real Life - Wikipedia

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    Original Stories begins with a frame story that sketches out the education of two young girls by their maternal teacher Mrs. Mason, followed by a series of didactic tales. The book was first published by Joseph Johnson in 1788 ; a second, illustrated edition, with engravings by William Blake , was released in 1791 and remained in print for ...

  6. Teaching stories - Wikipedia

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    A teaching story is a narrative that has been deliberately created as a vehicle for the transmission of wisdom. The practice has been used in a number of religious and other traditions, though writer Idries Shah's use of it was in the context of Sufi teaching and learning, within which this body of material has been described as the "most valuable of the treasures in the human heritage". [1]

  7. Life story work - Wikipedia

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    However, life story books can often be seen as complementary or as an end product to life story work. [6] A life story book is a system of recording information to answer the questions the participant may have in the future. [9] It is an overview of a person's life to help them recall memories and understand their past. [11]

  8. Ben Mikaelsen - Wikipedia

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    Ben Mikaelsen was born on January 5, 1952, in La Paz, Bolivia, the son of missionary parents of Danish descent. [1] [2] He wasn't sent to school until fourth grade where he was bullied for his race.

  9. The Stories of John Cheever - Wikipedia

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    "The Sutton Place Story" "The Summer Farmer" "Torch Song" "The Pot of Gold" "Clancy in the Tower of Babel" "Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor" "The Season of Divorce" "The Chaste Clarissa" "The Cure" "The Superintendent" "The Children" "The Sorrows of Gin" "O Youth and Beauty!" "The Day the Pig Fell Into the Well" "The Five-Forty-Eight ...