biomythography

this to me can be conceptualised as a retelling of our own individual and collective pasts in a way that focuses more on the themes and the narrative as is instrumental now rather than trying to capture objective fact or even necessarily every subjective experience. Myths and legends built from real events, ‘based on a true story’ but ‘with elements of fiction’ or ‘fictionalising’

“It’s a biomythography, which is really fiction. It has the elements of biography and history and myth. In other words, it’s fiction built from many sources. This is one way of expanding our vision.” - Audre Lord on Zami: A New Spelling of My Name