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Writing is a transgression of boundaries, an exploration of new boundaries. It involves making public the events of our lives, wriggling free of the constraints of purely private and individual experiences. From a space of modest insignificance, we enter a space in which we can take ourselves seriously.
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Sinner, A. (2013). Widening Circles of Life Writing as a Literature of Self in Relation. In: Unfolding the Unexpectedness of Uncertainty. Social Fictions Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-356-0_5
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