Archive - First Person Singular of Memoir Land

Bargaining in the NICU

An excerpt of "Frontier: A memoir and a ghost story."

Jul 9 •

When Books Become a Container of Possibility for Black Girls

Emma Akpan on how books became both refuge and revelation for a Black girl seeking her place in the world.

Jul 2 •

June 2025

May 2025

Human/Animal author Amie Souza Reilly on repetition, revisiting past experiences in new contexts, and Derrida's concept of "iterabillity."

May 21 •

Amie Souza Reilly

April 2025

The parent of a trans kid sees past his paternalism, and recognizes the limits of patience in gender-affirming care.

Apr 9 •

March 2025

The Music I Miss The Most

It’s been eight years since I’ve heard my daughter sing.

Mar 26 •

Jacqueline Dooley

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.

Mar 19 •

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…

Mar 12 •

Iris (Yi Youn) Kim

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February 2025

My Mind Was Trashed by a Truck

Sounds like a bad country song, but it’s true.

Feb 26 •

Judith Hannah Weiss

Skiing and Crying

An excerpt from "And You May Find Yourself: Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo," newly available as an audiobook.

Feb 12 •

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