In the course of some geneological research I found out that a distant relative has written a book on part of the family and is somehow affiliated with this site, which got me thinking, you know, gee, personal history writing, memoires, what a totally cool idea, I should do something like that.
is it just my imagination or is memoire (and family history and biography)-writing and -reading booming? what is the connection with blogging? what does this have to do with warhol’s 15-minutes of fame for everyone? does it have anything to do with the devaluation of celebrity?