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"Every Time You Start, You Forget What You Know, Which is the Best Way to Start"
An interview with author Abigail Thomas
Memoir Monday
16 hr ago
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Ditching Perfect for Joy
What a Qigong Grandmaster, Meghan Trainor, and a pandemic pity party taught me.
Marika Páez Wiesen
Mar 22
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Personal Essays Rule
We've got a dozen of them here, plus announcements about classes, editing services, a literary festival and more...
Memoir Monday
Mar 20
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Writing and Rushing
Novelist Richard Mirabella would like to remind you (and himself) to resist the pressure to finish your book in a flash.
Richard Mirabella
Mar 15
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A Dozen Essays and More...
Five announcements, too! Don't miss them at the bottom.
Memoir Monday
Mar 13
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In Defense of Sydney
Looking back at journal entries he wrote as a love-lorn closeted teen, Mike Albo finds kinship with a needy AI chatbot.
Mike Albo
Mar 8
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You Could Be Forgiven For Stealing Time Away From Work to Read These 10 Pieces...
Welcome to Memoir Monday—a weekly newsletter featuring the best personal essays from around the web, and a quarterly reading series, brought to you by…
Memoir Monday
Mar 6
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How's the Writing Going, R.O. Kwon?
“I know that when I’m really writing, when I’m really, really lost in a sentence, I forget I have a body, I forget what time is. I forget to eat.”
Memoir Monday
Mar 3
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In the Stormy Sea, a Life Preserver
Brooke Siem navigates her way through the undulations of antidepressant withdrawal and coral reefs.
Brooke Siem
Mar 1
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February 2023
Make Time for these 10 Stellar Personal Essays...
Welcome to Memoir Monday—a weekly newsletter featuring the best personal essays from around the web, and a quarterly reading series, brought to you by…
Memoir Monday
Feb 27
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A Fresh Batch of Mini-Memoirs Just For You...
Welcome to Memoir Monday—a weekly newsletter featuring the best personal essays from around the web, and a quarterly reading series, brought to you by…
Memoir Monday
Feb 20
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How’s the Writing Going, Bernice McFadden?
Fellow Libras Bernice McFadden and Sari Botton talk about the challenges of writing personal narrative, identifying the right nonfiction sub-genre, and…
Memoir Monday
Feb 17
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