David Ben-Gurion on Memoir
Nan Barnes
Today’s Memoir/Family History Quote
“Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.”
David Ben-Gurion
Today’s Literary Birthday
American novelist, essayist and social critic William Burroughs was born on this day in 1914. A close friend of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, Burroughs was an avant-garde author and member of the Beat Generation who had an impact on both popular culture and literature. He was prosecuted for obscenity in Massachusetts following publication of his novel Naked Lunch. Burroughs was acquitted. It was the last obscenity trial against a work of literature in America.
Today’s Memoir/Family History Memory Trigger
Each day we offer a question or action to help you trigger your memories of things which will make your memoir or family history richer, more detailed and more interesting. Reflect on the prompt and see what ideas it triggers. Here’s today’s:
Are you the person you want to be?
“Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.”
David Ben-Gurion
Today’s Literary Birthday
American novelist, essayist and social critic William Burroughs was born on this day in 1914. A close friend of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, Burroughs was an avant-garde author and member of the Beat Generation who had an impact on both popular culture and literature. He was prosecuted for obscenity in Massachusetts following publication of his novel Naked Lunch. Burroughs was acquitted. It was the last obscenity trial against a work of literature in America.
Today’s Memoir/Family History Memory Trigger
Each day we offer a question or action to help you trigger your memories of things which will make your memoir or family history richer, more detailed and more interesting. Reflect on the prompt and see what ideas it triggers. Here’s today’s:
Are you the person you want to be?