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Memoir, personal essays, and more.
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McKenzie Watson-Fore
5 months ago
Thrilled to see Jenny Phillips’ essay for
@www.sneakerwavemag.org
featured in this week’s
#memoirmonday
roundup from
@memoirland.bsky.social
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Happy 22nd anniversary of the August, 2003 east coast blackout to all who celebrate. Here's a remembrance of it by
@brianmacaluso.bsky.social
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Lights Out
Brian Macaluso looks back at the August, 2003 blackout in New York City.
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blaise allysen kearsley
6 months ago
Thank you
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Why Mr. Bauer Didn’t Like Me
As a child, Blaise Allysen Kearsley tried, in vain, to win over a white friend’s father.
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Barrelhouse
6 months ago
Another excerpt of FRONTIER is up, over at
@memoirland.bsky.social
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Bargaining in the NICU
An excerpt of "Frontier: A memoir and a ghost story."
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Erin Dorney
6 months ago
Was just re-reading my interview at
@memoirland.bsky.social
to prepare for my event on parasocial fandom this afternoon - it's a pretty good overview of my book & the headspace I was at when writing it.
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #94: Erin Dorney
"At first I thought my book was 'just' poetry. But when pieces started getting picked up by literary journals with a non-fiction focus, I started thinking of it more as autofiction."
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir-land-author-questionnaire-dd5
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Erica Stern
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Excited to have this excerpt from Frontier up at Memoir Land! Big thank you to
@saribotton.bsky.social
and
@cassmannes.bsky.social
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“Jonah’s injury was an anomaly, unexpected personally but not statistically, not if you examine the probabilities; it had to happen to someone somewhere—I had just stupidly, selfishly really, assumed ...
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"I got sick of the media narrative that we all grow increasingly conservative as we age, and I wanted to speak for the rest of us who’ve moved further to the left than ever, and are dreaming bigger now than we did when we were kids." -
@maris.bsky.social
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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."
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This week's "Memoir Monday." (Support ALL This and everything else I'm doing at Memoir Land? Especially if I've featured you or your clients?
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Essays and Workshops and Submissions, Oh, My...
Workshops from Literary Liberation, Narratively, Off Assignment, Margaret Juhae Lee, Alexander Chee; and calls for submissions from a forthcoming infidelity anthology, and Literary Liberation.
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Jen Calleja
7 months ago
Dream come true to be interviewed about Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode for
@saribotton.bsky.social
’s series
@memoirland.bsky.social
!
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Brian Robert Moore
7 months ago
Thanks to
@memoirland.bsky.social
for highlighting Walter Siti's "My Poor Parents", pub'ed in
@grantamag.bsky.social
, in this week's Memoir Monday roundup! 🫶
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Sari Botton
7 months ago
At
@memoirland.bsky.social
I spoke with the one and only
@melissafebos.bsky.social
AND she took The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.
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Kelly Caldwell
7 months ago
I'm super psyched to say one of my essays is included in this week's
@memoirland.bsky.social
roundup! Especially given the impressive company I'm in. Read them all (and especially Robin Pickering's "The Fuckitall." So good.)
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Personal Essays Galore, PLUS Some Great Workshops and Calls for Submissions...
Including: Workshops from Writing Co-Lab, Alexander Chee, Narratively Academy, and Melissa Petro; and calls for submissions from Blaise Allysen Kearsley and Literary Liberation.
https://open.substack.com/pub/memoirland/p/personal-essays-galore-plus-some?r=5saee&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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It's this week's writing prompt, a perk for paid subscribers...
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The Prompt-O-Matic: #69
A little something to get you writing.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿
7 months ago
I just read a charming, funny story by
@gabrielledrolet.bsky.social
: "How to Make a Living as a Writer: Horse stories in the morning, erotica in the afternoon." It turns out she just published a new book – Look Ma, No Hands: A Chronic Pain Memoir.
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/760991...
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McKenzie Watson-Fore
7 months ago
Love seeing Connie Petersen’s
@www.sneakerwavemag.org
story, “Dislodging a Navel Stone,” featured in this week’s
#MemoirMonday
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It's this week's "Memoir Monday" link/workshop/submissions roundup!
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Essays and Workshops and Submissions, Oh, My...
Including: Workshops from Alexander Chee, Lilly Dancyger, Narratively Academy, Blaise Allysen Kearsley, and Melissa Petro; and calls for submissions from Kearsley and Literary Liberation.
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/essays-and-workshops-and-submissions
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Abigail Oswald
8 months ago
absolutely LOVE the idea of writing a lil essay for every year of your life; can't wait to read IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE! great Q&A with
@tmcallister.bsky.social
in
@memoirland.bsky.social
today (book's out via
@rosemetalpress.bsky.social
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #104: Tom McAllister
"In 'It All Felt Impossible' I’ve written a short essay for every year of my life."
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Amie Souza Reilly
8 months ago
so grateful to
@saribotton.bsky.social
for including my essay on déjà vu, Derrida, the current president, my little sister, and my hesitation about Human/Animal's book launch in today's
@memoirland.bsky.social
!
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Déjà Vu
Human/Animal author Amie Souza Reilly on repetition, revisiting past experiences in new contexts, and Derrida's concept of "iterabillity."
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/deja-vu?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=1fkg4&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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Ditmas Lit
8 months ago
Read an excerpt of May reader
@briangresko.bsky.social
’s new book You Must Go On: 30 Inspirations on Writing and Creativity in the
@memoirland.bsky.social
newsletter
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What Does It Mean to Be a Writer?
An excerpt from "You Must Go On: 30 Inspirations on Writing & Creativity"
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The latest "Memoir Monday" personal essay roundup...
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Some Great Personal Narratives to Dive Into this Week...
Plus: Workshops from Lilly Dancyger, Rae Pagliarulo, Rosie Schapp, and Reedsy; a women's writers' group upstate, and a call for submissions for our collaboration with Literary Liberation.
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Susan Lerner
8 months ago
Thanks to
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for boosting this great memoir!
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McKenzie Watson-Fore
8 months ago
So jazzed to see
@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social
’s
@www.sneakerwavemag.org
story featured in this week’s
#MemoirMonday
roundup! Alongside a bunch of other great pieces 😍
#nonfiction
#cnf
#personalessay
#truestories
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Hot off the presses, this week's "Memoir Monday" personal essay curation...
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Eleven Great Personal Essays to Dig Into this Week...
Plus: Workshops by Rae Pagliarulo, Rosie Schapp and Dianne Jacob; and a call for submissions for our collaboration with Literary Liberation.
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/eleven-great-personal-essays-to-dig
8 months ago
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Jessie Chaffee
8 months ago
I look forward to
@memoirland.bsky.social
’s Memoir Monday every week. Many thanks to
@saribotton.bsky.social
for including my
@literaryhub.bsky.social
essay about living with
#longcovid
in this week’s roundup! 🙏❤️
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Wendy Mages
8 months ago
Many thanks to Memoir Monday for selecting my story, to Grief Dialogues for publishing it online, and The Jarnal by Mason Jar Press for publishing it in hardcopy in 2023.
@memoirland.bsky.social
#story
#storyteller
#grief
#griefstory
#griefdialogues
#memoir
#creativenonfiction
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Sari Botton
8 months ago
Well, look who took the
@memoirland.bsky.social
author questionnaire today… (The one I had scheduled fell through, so I had to snag the 100th slot for myself!)
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #100: Me (Sari Botton)
"I first started writing as a kid as a way to try and figure out why I felt different from others around me."
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Here's this week's "Memoir Monday" personal essay roundup...
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The Personal Essays You'll Want to Read Right Now...
Plus: A reading by Electric Literature's EIC Denne Michele Norris; workshops by Vanessa Mártir and Dianne Jacob; Narratively's True Romance contest; and a call for submissions for Literary Liberation.
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-personal-essays-youll-want-to
8 months ago
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An essay by
@leahsottile.bsky.social
on writing "Blazing Eye Sees All."
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How My Book Came To Be #3: Leah Sottile
On writing and publishing "Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets and the Fever Dream of the American New Age" — the third in a new, candid behind-the-scenes series.
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Leah Sottile
9 months ago
Read more about how reporting my book on the New Age meant going to a "vortex" on Mt Shasta to be "transported" to a "city" inside the mountain — today over on
@memoirland.bsky.social
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How My Book Came To Be #3: Leah Sottile
On writing and publishing "Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets and the Fever Dream of the American New Age" — the third in a new, candid behind-the-scenes series.
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/how-my-book-came-to-be-3-leah-sottile
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The Golden Hour author
@specktor.bsky.social
takes The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #97: Matthew Specktor
"The book does render my experience, and faithfully, but it’s really about other stuff...this is actually a book about power."
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir-land-author-questionnaire-a9b
9 months ago
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Sari Botton
9 months ago
A sweet clip from my
@oldstermag.bsky.social
interview with
@rosieodonell.bsky.social
!!!
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Here's this week's Memoir Monday newsletter. So many great pieces from so many different publications, some of which I'd never heard of before...
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Soooo Many Great Personal Essays to Read this Week...
Plus: TWO events where I'll talk with Elissa Altman about her new memoir/craft book, "Permission," Narratively's True Romance contest, and a call for submissions for Literary Liberation.
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/soooo-many-great-personal-essays
9 months ago
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Katya Cengel
9 months ago
Honored to be included here. So fun to see how each author answers the same questions so differently.
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“A no is not a rejection of you. It’s not even a rejection of your work as a whole, or your worth as a writer.” - An excerpt of
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
's Dear Writer, PLUS a little video interview I got to do with her.
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On Rejection
An excerpt from "Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life" PLUS a brief video interview with Maggie Smith about the book.
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9 months ago
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The latest respondents to The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire: Sarah Kendzior, Ariel Gore, Rich Benjamin, Maureen Stanton, Diane Mehta, Olga Khazan, Bernice McFadden, Katya Cengel, Bridgett M. Davis. Check out the series:
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9 months ago
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"Talk to Me is an original portrait of a family’s hope and resilience in America from the Cold War to Trumpism." - "Talk to Me" author Rich Benjamin takes The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #90: Rich Benjamin
"This story, this book, had been demanding to be written ever since my family—my mother, especially—refused to discuss their past. This book is a restitution of my family’s story."
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/benjamin-the-memoir-land-author-questionnaire
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"It seems like only those of us who were closest to Ana — me, my husband, and my younger daughter — remember Ana’s voice." -
@jacquelinedooley.bsky.social
on missing hearing her late daughter Ana’s voice, in Memoir Land.
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The Music I Miss The Most
It’s been eight years since I’ve heard my daughter sing.
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10 months ago
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" I want my children to know America, and hopefully to love America—but love it for what it is, not for what it pretends to be." - Brave, brilliant
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
takes The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #89: Sarah Kendzior
"For a decade, my readers have asked, 'How do you raise children, knowing what you know?' more than any other question. This book is my answer."
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir-land-author-questionnaire-abe
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Sari Botton
10 months ago
Five years after lockdown began, throwing it back to "Pandemic Sari"...
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‘Let’s Reset’: A Career Social Distancer Mends Some Fences - Longreads
Coronavirus inspires Sari Botton to reach out to family and friends she’s fallen out with.
https://longreads.com/2020/04/06/lets-reset-a-career-social-distancer-mends-some-fences/
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New essay by
@amyshearn.bsky.social
in the First Person Singular series...
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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.
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10 months ago
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Longtail News
10 months ago
Feed: "Memoir Land: The Lit Lab" By: Sari Botton on Friday, March 14, 2025
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #86: Maureen Stanton
"I'd given up on this memoir, but for some reason I opened up the file one day a couple of years ago. The story still compelled me, so I thought I'd try to publish parts of it..."
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Today
@dianemehta.bsky.social
takes The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire. Her memoir-in-essays, "Happier Far," is just out from University of Georgia press.
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #87: Diane Mehta
"Be yourself in prose, allow ideas to emerge, and go on riffs—into brambly, wild places. I don’t mean let just anything happen, but follow your mind."
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir-land-author-questionnaire-a21
10 months ago
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Susan Lerner
10 months ago
We’ve Got War To Cover, the new memoir up at
@splitlipthemag.bsky.social
& featured at
@memoirland.bsky.social
is such a stunning piece of writing
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We’ve got war to cover — Split Lip Magazine
2002— The Anna Nicole Show premieres. 7.6 million people watch. A record. Two million keep watching. Anna Nicole Smith is E!’s biggest hit.
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This week's "Memoir Monday" personal essay roundup has landed.
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A Passel of Personal Narratives to Read This Week...
Plus: Classes from Narratively Academy and Diane Jacob, a call for submissions, and two conferences...
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10 months ago
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Maureen Stanton
10 months ago
Grateful to
@saribotton.bsky.social
for this Q&A about my new memoir and its long journey to publication.
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #86: Maureen Stanton
"I'd given up on this memoir, but for some reason I opened up the file one day a couple of years ago. The story still compelled me, so I thought I'd try to publish parts of it..."
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir-land-author-questionnaire-eea
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Maureen Stanton takes The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #86: Maureen Stanton
"I'd given up on this memoir, but for some reason I opened up the file one day a couple of years ago. The story still compelled me, so I thought I'd try to publish parts of it..."
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir-land-author-questionnaire-eea
10 months ago
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Sari Botton
10 months ago
“My writing, once a liberatory microphone, was now a stick of dynamite, waiting to blow up my case at the touch of a flame.” - at Memoir Land, Iris (Yi Youn) Kim with the first in a collaborative series with
@sherisa.bsky.social
's Literary Liberation.
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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 stories about writing as a transformative and liberat...
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Iris Blasi
10 months ago
I love
@olgakhazan.bsky.social
's answer to the question "What about writing surprises you?" Via
@memoirland.bsky.social
:
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Sari Botton
10 months ago
Happy pub day to
@elissaaltman.bsky.social
! "Permission" is so my (and
@memoirland.bsky.social
's) jam I'm going to do three events with Elissa. NYC peeps, come hear us talk at wonderful Book Club Bar on Tuesday, 4/8.
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Author Event: Elissa Altman's "Permission" with Sari Botton
Independent general bookstore and full service cocktail and espresso bar in the East Village of NYC, serving handcrafted drinks in a cozy community space.
https://bookclubbar.com/events/2066220250408
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@olgakhazan.bsky.social
takes The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.
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The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #85: Olga Khazan
"A few times people have asked me how they, too, can be funny. My advice would be to write with more specificity and to watch a lot of standup."
https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir-land-author-questionnaire-bce
10 months ago
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