Helena de Bres

Professor of Philosophy, Wellesley College

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Helena de Bres is professor of philosophy at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She is the author of Artful Truths: The Philosophy of Memoir (University of Chicago Press, 2021) and How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins (Bloomsbury, 2023).

Written by Helena de Bres

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MEMOIR

In defence of memoirs – a way to grip our story-shaped lives

Even the non-linear memoir creates meaning by shaping the hot mess of life into a narrative arc. What’s wrong with that?

by Helena de Bres