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In Waterland, English novelist Graham Smith insisted that humans – and only humans – are story-telling animals and observed that “As long as there's a story, it's all right.” Stories of lives lived fascinate (or appall) inspire, guide and help us to understand that we are not alone. Whether as biography, autobiography, memoir or diary, telling the story of a life is a profoundly humanistic endeavour. This conversation carries us into these realms as we hear from: -Sherrill Grace (English) about her recently published biography of Timothy Findley -Sneja Gunew (English and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice) about the ways in which refugees and immigrants have rewritten the aesthetic and conceptual scaffolding of the traumascapes that constitute their lives (Behrouz Boochani and Maria Tumarkin), -Philip Resnick (political scientist and poet) about his venture into autobiography with Itineraries. -Our moderator is the noted biographer and literary critic, Ira Nadel. Relevant supplementary material can be found on our website: https://emerituscollege.ubc.ca/resources PRIVACY AND CONSENT TO RECORDING Please note that this event will be recorded via Zoom and posted publicly. The recording may contain attendees’ names and images. We recognize that this may be undesirable for some participants. If you do not wish for your name or image to be used in the video, please leave your video turned off during the event. You may also ask questions in the Q&A anonymously. By registering for this event and clicking the Zoom link that will be emailed to you, you consent to being recorded. If you do not want to participate in the live session, the recording will be posted at a later date to our YouTube channel.