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The Memoirist

We exclusively publish memoirs: The creative stories unpacked from the nostalgic hope chests of our lives.

Ryan Frawley in The Memoirist

A swift-flowing river in British Columbia, Canada, surrounded by trees.

A swift-flowing river in British Columbia, Canada, surrounded by trees.

The Pope Is in That Box

How everything survives but us

“The essence of man is really his…

Greyson Ferguson in The Memoirist

I Don’t Love My Sisters

If thoughts could talk.

Milena Babic in The Memoirist

Digital collage art. Woman sitting on the floor, scissors beside her, a rose growing from her head.

Digital collage art. Woman sitting on the floor, scissors beside her, a rose growing from her head.

The Making of an Invisible Child

Includes practical advice for new parents

Lynne Collier in The Memoirist

Sewing machines in an old factory.

Sewing machines in an old factory.

POETRY

How Mindless Piece Work Built Community

Factory work as a teen in the 1950s

Lee Ann Stevens in The Memoirist

River of Remembrance

A childhood in water well played

Abby Paradis in The Memoirist

A delicate white butterfly is held in a glass jar

A delicate white butterfly is held in a glass jar

On Our Last Day of Third Grade, Your Desk Sat Empty

All these years later, I hold your death in my…

Aaron Paulson in The Memoirist

PERSONAL NARRATIVE

After the Quake: From Paperbacks to Aftershocks

The March 11…

Janet Benlien Reeves in The Memoirist

A girl writing in a classroom setting

A girl writing in a classroom setting

My First Writing Critique

What I Grew to Understand

Abby Paradis in The Memoirist

A close up of a house martin in flight outside the author’s window

A close up of a house martin in flight outside the author’s window

The Weight of Wings

One brave fledgling shows me the delicate balance between staying grounded and…

BB Heilman in The Memoirist

Cat Energy

My aversion to neediness

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We exclusively publish memoirs: The creative stories unpacked from the nostalgic hope chests of our lives.

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