Welcome to Memoir Land—a newsletter edited by Sari Botton, now featuring three verticals: Memoir Monday, a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web brought to you by Narratively, The Rumpus, Granta, Guernica, Oldster Magazine,
The one that got to me the most this week is "In Real Life" by Carmella de los Angeles Guiol. She answers so many questions about what it's like for those who grow up living in and with social media. I hope that when her self-imposed year is up, she can maintain abstinence.
Thanks for including me Sari, what great company ❤️
My pleasure, Sarah.
And I was just chilling at spruceton inn reading to all that from their library and thinking "this lady sure know how to put something together!"❤️
The one that got to me the most this week is "In Real Life" by Carmella de los Angeles Guiol. She answers so many questions about what it's like for those who grow up living in and with social media. I hope that when her self-imposed year is up, she can maintain abstinence.
Honored to be included among so many wonderful essays!
Thought-provoking and heart-expanding – as usual! ♥️
Wonderful array of goodies here, including Jessica Gigot's piece on hope!
Thanks for including my essay! I just saw this and it was a nice surprise for my afternoon.
You're the best. What a roundup!
Thanks, Amy!
Hi, again, Sari,
I can't figure out how to contact u directly. (Do u know how to do that on Substack?)
But your name and Substack posts are appearing more and more frequently in my inbox. I'm enjoying your nefarious endeavors!
And 'd still like to see if I can "break into" your curated Personal Essay recommendations.
Here are my last 2 Substack posts, not only about ME, but also about the decades we grew up in.
https://trules.substack.com/p/trules-reviews-not-the-year-but-the
https://trules.substack.com/p/trules-reviews-not-the-year-but-the-151
I hope you'll take a look and let me know what you think.
Thank a lot,
Eric Trules
Eric, the particulars are at the bottom of each Memoir Monday roundup.
Very interesting stuff. The personal essay is the means through which society learns, since all realization of truth is ultimately personal