A Brief History Of Diaries: From Pepys To Blogs

Author: Alexandra Johnson

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Award-winning author and expert in the field Alexandra Johnson traces the diary's quirky and compelling history through centuries of writing for and about one's self. At a time when journals are staking their territory on the blogosphere, this is a timely consideration of the diary's origins and its long history.

Author description

Alexandra Johnson is the author of Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal and The Hidden Writer, for which she won a PEN award. She has taught creative non-fiction at Harvard and Wellesley.