# My Life in Paper: Adventures in Ephemera - Hardcover

by **Beth Kephart** (Author)

Paper both shapes and defines us. Baby books, diaries, sewing patterns, diplomas, resumes, letters, death certificates--we find our stories in them. _My Life in Paper_ is Beth Kephart's memoiristic exploration of the paper legacies we forge and leave.

Kephart's obsession with paper began in the wake of her father's death, when she began to handcraft books and make and marble paper in his memory. But it was when she read _My Life with Paper_, an autobiography by the late renowned paper hunter and historian Dard Hunter, that she felt she had found a kindred spirit, someone to whom she might address a series of one-sided letters about life and how we live it. Remembering and crafting, wanting and loving, doubting and forgetting--the spine and weave of _My Life in Paper_ came into view.

Paper, for Kephart, provides proof of our yearning, proof of our failure, proof of the people who loved us and the people we have lost. It offers, too, a counterweight to the fickle state of memory.

_My Life in Paper_, illustrated by the author herself, is an intimate and poignant meditation on life's most pressing questions.

### Author Biography

**Beth Kephart** is an award-winning teacher, the co-founder of Juncture workshops, and a book artist. She is the award-winning author of more than three dozen books in multiple genres, including _Wife Daughter Self: A Memoir in Essays_, and _We Are the Words: The Memoir Master Class_. Her book _Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River_ (Temple) has become a regional classic. Visit her online at bethkephartbooks.com and etsy.com/shop/BINDbyBIND.

**Number of Pages:** 336

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.8 IN

**Publication Date:** November 03, 2023

## Details

- **Price:** 30.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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