Ongoingness
| Author | Sarah Manguso |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Reflection on journaling |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Published | 2015 |
| Publisher | Graywolf Press |
Publication date | March 3, 2015 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 144 |
| ISBN | 978-1-55597-703-0 |
Ongoingness: The End of a Diary is a 2015 book by Sarah Manguso. Manguso kept a journal for 25 years, which culminated in an 800,000 word long document. In Ongoingness, she explores and reflects upon her reasons and motivations for journaling - her obsessive need to document every incident in her life because she was afraid she would forget the details later, and using journaling as a coping mechanism for dealing with low-level anxiety. She also explores her change in writing style with time - her earlier entries were detailed; now they are brief; while she used to write in the past tense earlier, she now uses the present tense.
References
- "Ongoingness: The End of a Diary by Sarah Manguso". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
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- "Mostly True". New York Times. New York City. February 13, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- Beck, Julie (February 27, 2015). "When Diary-Keeping Gets in the Way of Living". The Atlantic. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 1, 2015.