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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #120: Andrea J. Buchanan
"Part of what I learned about how to write the book was to be curious about its challenges, and, rather than fight them, use them as part of the writing…
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #119: Christine Kalafus
"My husband has read the entire thing—we are still married—but requested no changes. Which is good because I wouldn’t have made them."
Jul 8
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #119: Christine Kalafus
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #118: Lisa Smith
"When I got home from detox, sober, I started waking up at 5am and waiting for my recovery meeting to start at 7:30 before I went to work, so I had…
Jul 4
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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."
Jul 1
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #117: Maris Kreizman
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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
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #116: Samina Ali
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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
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #115: Erika J. Simpson
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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
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #114: Cara Gormally
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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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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #113: Jen Calleja
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #112: Candace Opper
"Be relentless. Be okay with the fact that not everyone will like what you’re doing. Embrace unlikability. Insist that your book needs to be in the…
Jun 13
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #112: Candace Opper
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #111: Justin Hocking
"My hope is that mapping my own mistakes and foibles might help us navigate our current cultural and political predicaments."
Jun 10
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #110: Melissa Febos
"I try to treat people in my work the same way I seek to treat them in life: with honesty and great care." PLUS, my video interview with the author.
Jun 6
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #110: Melissa Febos
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #109: Samantha Mann
"It will always be subversive for women, particularly a queer woman, to write about her life."
Jun 3
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