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When All of Your Family Heirlooms are Stories

When All of Your Family Heirlooms are Stories

Gina Sorell on her Grandmother's Intangible Legacy

By Gina Sorell | June 9, 2017

The Worst Ever First Day on the Job

The Worst Ever First Day on the Job

Punching In: My Life as A Long Haul Trucker

By Finn Murphy | June 8, 2017

Everything Will Be Perfect if We Move to the Western Wilderness

Everything Will Be Perfect if We Move to the Western Wilderness

From Bella Pollen's Memoir

By Bella Pollen | June 6, 2017

Being Gay vs. Being Southern: A False Choice

Being Gay vs. Being Southern: A False Choice

Brandon Taylor on Garrard Conley, Nick White, and Finding One's Real Self

By Brandon Taylor | June 6, 2017

Confronting Gay Conversion Therapy Through Fiction

Confronting Gay Conversion Therapy Through Fiction

Nick White on Writing a Coming Out Story That Was Almost His

By Nick White | June 5, 2017

There is Always War Somewhere: Memories of a WWII Childhood

There is Always War Somewhere: Memories of a WWII Childhood

Lore Segal Recalls Life as Refugee in Britain

By Lore Segal | May 31, 2017

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Sex, Memoir, and the Women of the Beat Generation

By Danielle Dumaine | May 30, 2017

I Left the Worst Day of My Life Out of My Memoir

By Marcia Butler | May 26, 2017

Remembering My Father Through My Favorite Beatles’ Song

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Our Bodies Don't Belong to Us: On Living with Trauma

Our Bodies Don't Belong to Us: On Living with Trauma

How do you live in the present when your body is a map of the past?

By Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich | May 24, 2017

Finishing a Memoir with Months to Live

Finishing a Memoir with Months to Live

Tita Ramirez Remembers Her Friend, Nina Riggs, Author of The Bright Hour

By Tita Ramirez | May 23, 2017

20 Years of the Same Prank Call at a Legendary NYC Bar

20 Years of the Same Prank Call at a Legendary NYC Bar

Every Sunday, the Enema Man Calls McSorley's

By Rafe Bartholomew | May 22, 2017

Growing Up a Refugee, Confronting Shame and Sensationalism

Growing Up a Refugee, Confronting Shame and Sensationalism

Pajtim Statovci Finds Comfort in Storytelling

By Pajtim Statovci | May 19, 2017

When Your Hometown is the Last Place to Accept Who You Are

When Your Hometown is the Last Place to Accept Who You Are

Kait Heacock on Returning to Yakima to Launch Her Book

By Kait Heacock | May 19, 2017

Fulfilling the Promise to Visit My Late Lover's Parents

Fulfilling the Promise to Visit My Late Lover's Parents

Fenton Johnson Uncovers Memories of Survival and The Limitless Heart

By Fenton Johnson | May 16, 2017

What’s So Bad About Being Bored at Work?

What’s So Bad About Being Bored at Work?

Looking at Life at the Office in a Whole Different Way

By Mary Mann | May 16, 2017

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