Lecture by Tiziano Thomas Dossena at the Carmel OSDIA Lodge
On October 10th, 2019, our Editorial Director will give a lecture on "My Italian American life: the importance of writing a memoir."
The presentation will talk about
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The relevance of leaving information about your life, whether to your descendants or to society at large, and how to determine which one to choose.
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Whether you will want to write a memoir or a fictionalized novel of your life or of your family
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How to collect information and keep it orderly for a book project of any kind
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How to choose images, scan them and keep them in an orderly fashion
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whether you would want to write the memoir yourself or find an author to assist you
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how to publish your memoir or novel
Examples of different memoir types will be brought to the presentation and discussed.
The following books will be discussed:
GIVEN AWAY, THE REST OF THE STORY, by Marianna Biazzo Randazzo
SOME GRIEF, SOME JOY, by Leo Vadala`
GILDA, PROMISE ME, by Cav. Gilda Battaglia Rorro Baldassari
GEORGE WASHING MACHINES, PORTABLES, AND SUBMARINE RACES, by Mike Cutillo