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What part of your life do you want to start with?

For example: growing up in Medford in the 1950s

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I want to write down my memories about ______ so that ______ will have them. Please interview me. Ask me ONE question at a time and wait for my answer before asking the next. Start with easy, concrete questions — what a room looked like, what something smelled like, who was there — not big questions about what things meant. After every four or five answers, write up what I've told you as a short piece in my own voice, using my own words and phrases wherever you can. Then keep interviewing. Do not invent anything. If you need a detail, ask me for it. If I contradict myself, point it out gently. We may do this over several sittings, so at the end of each one, remind me what we should pick up next time.