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A Break from Memoir
On not getting what you want and making dreams come true
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)
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Shift, by Penny Guisinger and My Withered Legs, by Sandra Gail Lambert
Literary gems from university presses
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)
My Most Anticipated Memoirs of Spring 2024
Explorations in friendship, fluidity, modern Buddhism, and more
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)

February 2024

Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home, by Alex Alberto
NEW INTERVIEW! Plus two more memoirs by queer authors
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)
In Search of a Salve: Memoir of a Sex Addict, by KE Garland
FL author gets real about recovery and toxic family dynamics
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)

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.
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)
Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice, by Vanessa Zoltan
On treating books as holy texts
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)
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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)
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)
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The Part That Burns, by Jeannine Ouellette
Truth and beauty in narrative structure
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)
My Most Anticipated Memoirs of Winter 2024
Upcoming reads on family, race, queer desire, and belonging
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)
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November 2023

An Unruled Body, by Ani Gjika
Plus visit me and other FL authors at JaxbyJax, Dec 1 - 3
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)
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The Book of (More) Delights, by Ross Gay
Plus two more memoirs on mother and human nature
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Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)
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