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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #117: Maris Kreizman

"I wanted to write about my own political awakening from a personal perspective, and hope that readers will identify with it."

11 hrs ago •

June 2025

Your Weekly Compendium of Personal Essays, Workshops, and Calls for Submissions...

Including from Literary Liberation, Off Assignment, Margaret Juhae Lee, Alexander Chee; and calls for submissions: essays on Sinéad O’Connor…

Jun 30 •

The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #116: Samina Ali

"It was important to me to capture as best I could how it feels to have brain damage: the disorientation and frustration and fear and anger and even…

Jun 27 •

Stop Hiding and Start Self-Promoting

An excerpt of "Write Through It: An Insider's Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life" and a video interview with author and agent Kate McKean.

Jun 26 •

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The Prompt-O-Matic: #72

A little something to get you writing.

Jun 26

Danny Groner has feelings…about the death of his therapist’s dog.

Jun 25 •

The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #115: Erika J. Simpson

"I realized the most important part in the creation of this book was staying true to my own inner story. So I stopped digging in parts that didn’t need…

Jun 24 •

Essays and Workshops and Submissions, Oh, My...

Workshops from Literary Liberation, Narratively, Off Assignment, Margaret Juhae Lee, Alexander Chee; and calls for submissions from a forthcoming…

Jun 23 •

The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #114: Cara Gormally

"This is not just my story—it is the story of many people who’ve survived sexual assault. It is also the story of many queer people and the abandonment…

Jun 20 •

The Prompt-O-Matic: #71

A little something to get you writing.

Jun 19

I Remember That

On using old photos and music to jog our memories for our writing.

Jun 18 •

Michael A. Gonzales

The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #113: Jen Calleja

"The fear to write about these experiences came from taboo and shame regarding mental illness, poverty and trauma, which makes it even more important to…

Jun 17 •

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