Summary
From your own life, how many people do you really remember? That is the key question to Kevin Brockmeier's new book, "The Brief History of the Dead."
Initially, the average person doubts he or she can remember very many -- say 25? But if you think a lot about it, and start writing the names down, you will find the number is much larger. Maybe as many as 50,000.See the full content of this document
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'Dead' Author Examines Life
Or Brockmeier's memories of his childhood may simply be "sharper" than those of most people. "I do remember more than my brother does," Brockmeier said by phone from his apartment in Little Rock, Ark. "But I mine my own life for fictio...
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