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Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor
Marlys Marshall Styne
REINVENTING MYSELF: MEMOIRS OF A RETIRED PROFESSOR
Marlys Marshall Styne
Infinity Publishing, May 2006
Genre: Biography / Memoir
This book is not a chronological autobiography, but a book about aging, retirement, teaching, traveling, observing, and writing. It is also a self-help book; the author hopes to promote writing as therapy and a source of enjoyment for everyone, especially her senior citizens who seek fulfillment or who need to pass on their knowledge and experiences to their families.
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From the final chapter:
Writing is a wonderful way to bring what you see and do into sharper focus. When you write about ordinary experiences as simple as taking a walk or eating at a favorite restaurant, you expand that experience by giving it texture and depth that it wouldn't otherwise have. Writing forces us to look attentively at what we see and to interpret it, as well as to remember it.
Write because you've always wanted to write, or because you used to enjoy writing, or because you've always thought that you can't or can or should write. Write because you've been told that you have interesting stories to tell, or because you realize that you do. Write because you're bored or sad or happy or disappointed. Write because you have a problem to solve. Write because you're unable or unwilling to do anything else at the moment, or simply because you want to. Write to find out who you really are, regardless of your age or situation.
Remember to observe, think, and write. The results may surprise you!
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Marlys Marshall Styne
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Marlys Marshall Styne is a resident of the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago. A graduate of Luther College in Iowa, with a Master of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, she retired in 1999 after forty years of teaching composition and literature at Wilbur Wright College on Chicago's Northwest Side, where she was English Department chair and Wright's Distinguished Service Professor for 1995-96. She was married for nearly thirty years to Julian H. (Jules) Styne, who died in 2000. Ms. Styne enjoys reading, writing, traveling, opera, and theater, and hopes to encourage writing among her fellow seniors.
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