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Memoir Monday Roundup 1/19/26
Many choice personal essays. PLUS: Workshops from SVWC; How I Learned; Best American Essays; Ministry of Words, Literary Liberation. And a call for subs…
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #169: Catherine Pierce
" I realized what I needed in those years was a book that welcomed me into this wild new reality and made me feel part of a community of mothers like…
Jan 16
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Sari Botton
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The Prompt-O-Matic: #101
A little something to get you writing.
Jan 15
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You Have Been Given
An excerpt of Emily Raboteau's essay collection, "Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against 'The Apocalypse'"
Jan 14
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #168: Sari Fordham
"I bring readers into the narrative through all their senses. I wanted them to hear the rain on a tin roof in Uganda and experience the heat of a…
Jan 13
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Memoir Monday Roundup 1/12/26
11 Great personal essays. PLUS: Workshops from SVWC; How I Learned; Off Assignment; Best American Essays; Ministry of Words, Literary Liberation. And a…
Jan 12
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Memoir Land
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #167: Teresa Wong
"When I set out to do this book I didn’t know I'd have to draw everything that had ever existed: from mountains on the South China Sea to storefronts in…
Jan 9
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Sari Botton
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The Prompt-O-Matic: #100 (!)
A little something to get you writing.
Jan 8
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On Rejection
An excerpt from "Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life" PLUS a brief video interview with Maggie Smith about the book.
Jan 7
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #166: Samina Najmi
"Growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, my first nonfiction love was Mark Twain’s memoir, "Life on the Mississippi"—for the world it depicted, but also very…
Jan 6
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Sari Botton
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Memoir Monday Roundup 1/5/26
Some choice personal essays. PLUS: Workshops from Southern Vermont Writers' Conference; Off Assignment; Greg Mania; and The Ministry of Words, Literary…
Jan 5
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire in Review...
A look at a handful of interviews in the series.
Jan 2
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Sari Botton
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