Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
2004
Abstract
"Worked hard today of course," writes Annie Ray, January 17,1881, testifying to another day. "Ordinary writing" suggests the functional and dull: shopping lists, inventories, thank yous, and diaries, which author Jennifer Sinor likens to things we "toss" once they've outlived their use. Sinor seeks to redefine and elevate these writings, insisting that "ordinary" is not "commonplace"; their value lies in their ordering of self within a life.
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Published in Great Plains Quarterly 24:1 (Winter 2004). Copyright © 2004 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.