The Line Between Memory And Imagination

Kris Saknussemm shares how he approached writing his own memoir, which he prefers to call a "memory book":

By redefining the concept of a memory-based work in terms of how my memory really works, I’ve tried to expand the nature of the story beyond my life (however I’ve imagined or misremembered it) to instead be a piece of writing focusing on the mysteries and vagaries of memory, while seeking a literary style that reflects this. The relationship between imagination and memory is of course the key point. It may be that memory is best considered as another form our imaginations take, a critical function, but not a distinctly different function.