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Over the past 20 years, the memoir has become one of the most popular and influential forms of literature.  Patricia Hampl is credited with pioneering the memoir with her groundbreaking work, "A Romantic Education," published in 1981.  She is currently a University of Minnesota Regents professor.  Eva Hoffman is the author of three critically acclaimed works of nonfiction, including her widely read memoir about the immigration experience,   "Lost in Translation." She is also winning rave reviews for her new novel, "The Secret."

Patricia Hampl and Eva Hoffman discuss the memoir as a literary form.  This broadcast is part of the University of Minnesota's "Great Conversations" series, and is called "The Art of Remembering."

Great Conversations: The Art of Remembering

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