Memoirs with Melissa

A Break from Memoir

On not getting what you want and making dreams come true

Mar 19, 2024 • 

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Shift, by Penny Guisinger and My Withered Legs, by Sandra Gail Lambert

Literary gems from university presses

Mar 5, 2024 • 

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My Most Anticipated Memoirs of Spring 2024

Explorations in friendship, fluidity, modern Buddhism, and more

Mar 1, 2024 • 

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February 2024

Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home, by Alex Alberto

NEW INTERVIEW! Plus two more memoirs by queer authors

Feb 20, 2024 • 

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In Search of a Salve: Memoir of a Sex Addict, by KE Garland

FL author gets real about recovery and toxic family dynamics

Feb 6, 2024 • 

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January 2024

All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto, by George M. Johnson

This YA memoir is the second-most banned book in the U.S.

Jan 23, 2024 • 

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Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice, by Vanessa Zoltan

On treating books as holy texts

Jan 9, 2024 • 

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December 2023

My Year in 100 Books

What I read before choosing what lands in your inbox (plus my 2023 favorites)

Dec 19, 2023 • 

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The Part That Burns, by Jeannine Ouellette

Truth and beauty in narrative structure

Dec 5, 2023 • 

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My Most Anticipated Memoirs of Winter 2024

Upcoming reads on family, race, queer desire, and belonging

Dec 1, 2023 • 

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November 2023

An Unruled Body, by Ani Gjika

Plus visit me and other FL authors at JaxbyJax, Dec 1 - 3

Nov 21, 2023 • 

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The Book of (More) Delights, by Ross Gay

Plus two more memoirs on mother and human nature

Nov 7, 2023 • 

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