A cursory google search defines anecdote as a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature or a short, obscure historical or biographical account. Another fruitful search returns a result detailing the etymological route of anecdote as being to give out or publish - something not published. The telling of an anecdote becomes a performative act; it is the offering, sharing, and circulation of personal experience, an act of self distribution.
