To begin with, there has been significant theoretical work involving life-writings—an umbrella term that can include, for instance, the autobiographical novel and memoirs. Rather than to see such texts as presenting the “truth” per se, it is more rewarding to read them as literary representations, including how the “self” may emerge in textualised form. In this dynamic, fiction and auto/biography are more closely linked than they may initially appear–indeed, “our memories are always already textualized” … Continue reading A Malaysian Ecocriticism Reader