How to Write a Memoir About Family Tragedy (That People Want to Read)

How to Write a Memoir About Family Tragedy (That People Want to Read)

Abi Morgan: “Nobody wants to read therapy.”

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Clare Pooley on Writerly Perseverance and Knowing When To Give Up

Clare Pooley on Writerly Perseverance and Knowing When To Give Up

“You must never give up on writing itself. But sometimes you need to give up on what you’re writing.”

By Clare Pooley | June 27, 2022

Kathryn Schulz on Making and Finding Meaning in Memoir

Kathryn Schulz on Making and Finding Meaning in Memoir

From the Write-minded Podcast with Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | June 27, 2022

Anger, Joy, Resistance: Queer Readings For Pride Month

Anger, Joy, Resistance: Queer Readings For Pride Month

Words to “Remind Us of the Love We Share During the Rough Times to Come.”

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111 Queer Books Recommended by Librarians, Booksellers, and Authors

111 Queer Books Recommended by Librarians, Booksellers, and Authors

For Your Pride (and Year-Long) Reading Pleasure

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Sex, Freedom, Cruising, and Consent: A Conversation with Garth Greenwell

Sex, Freedom, Cruising, and Consent: A Conversation with Garth Greenwell

Andrew Sciallo Talks to the Author of What Belongs to You and Cleanness About Queer Spaces (and the Awakenings Therein)

By Andrew Sciallo | June 24, 2022

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Repetition Ruins a Narrative: On Trying to Create Amid the Sameness of Pandemic Parenting

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“A War I Saw Unfolding Firsthand.” Héctor Tobar on the 30th Anniversary of the LA Riots

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Alex Kiester on Obsessing Over Her Mother’s (Eventual) Death

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Of Wazhazhe Land and Language: The Ongoing Project of Ancestral Work

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Chelsea T. Hicks on the Land Back Movement and Working Toward Rematriation

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To the Stranger Who Returned My Lost Notebook

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Leigh N. Gallagher on Losing—and Recovering—an Archive of Feelings

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After Two Pregnancy Losses, I Wrote the Book I Needed to Read

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Anna Hogeland on Searching for Narratives to Meet Her in Her Grief

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How the Women in My Family Fought for Their Daughters' Education

How the Women in My Family Fought for Their Daughters' Education

Zhuqing Li on the Wisdom of Her Mother: “Knowledge is something no one can take away from you.”

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<em>The Chimpanzee Whisperer</em> by Stany Nyandwi and David Blissett, Read by Dion Graham

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On Writing (and Not Writing) About Mutton Biryani

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Nandita Dinesh on Family Recipes and What Goes Unsaid

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