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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #88: Ariel Gore
"The book emerged from my need to have a place where I could ask the unspeakable questions, to document our experiences, and to add our queer…
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Sari Botton
The Prompt-O-Matic: #58
A little something to get you writing.
Did I Invent My Girlfriend?
Amy Shearn sees eerie connections between her current partner and the fictional one she created for her novel, long before they met.
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Amy Shearn
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #87: Diane Mehta
"Be yourself in prose, allow ideas to emerge, and go on riffs—into brambly, wild places. I don’t mean let just anything happen, but follow your mind."
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Sari Botton
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A Passel of Personal Narratives to Read This Week...
Plus: Classes from Narratively Academy and Diane Jacob, a call for submissions, and two conferences...
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Memoir Land
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #86: Maureen Stanton
"I'd given up on this memoir, but for some reason I opened up the file one day a couple of years ago. The story still compelled me, so I thought I'd try…
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Sari Botton
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The Prompt-O-Matic: #57
A little something to get you writing.
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They Tried to Take My Words. I Fought to Get Them Back.
This essay is the first in a collaborative series between Memoir Land and Literary Liberation, Sherisa De Groot's excellent publication, featuring…
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Iris (Yi Youn) Kim
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Literary Liberation
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Memoir Land
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #85: Olga Khazan
"A few times people have asked me how they, too, can be funny. My advice would be to write with more specificity and to watch a lot of standup."
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Sari Botton
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A Fresh Batch of Absorbing Personal Narratives...
Plus: Classes from Narratively Academy and Diane Jacob, a call for submissions, and two conferences...
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Memoir Land
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #84: Bernice L. McFadden
"Recently I heard a woman say that fear does not save you from dying, it keeps you from living. I feel the same way about writing one’s truth."
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Sari Botton
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The Prompt-O-Matic: #56
A little something to get you writing.
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