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Bringing the Past Forward

Judy Goldman speaks with Stephanie Clare Smith about her memoir Everywhere the Undrowned and why the past is never behind us.
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When the Writing Is the Grieving

After the death of her husband, Dominque Conway reflects on words, grief, and writing.
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Whom Are We To Judge?

Michael Igoe explores writing about others and what it does to ourselves.
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You have to do what works for you.

A conversation with Sufiya Abdur-Rahman about her deeply reported and deeply personal memoir, Heir to the Crescent Moon.
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The Particulars of How

Author Kristina Gaddy joins debut author and journalist Neda Toloui-Semnani to discuss trauma writing, the journalist's experience with memoir, and her nonlinear exploration of family history.
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On Race, Secrets, & Love: An interview with E. Dolores Johnson

Author Sonya Lea and debut memoirist E. Dolores Johnson discuss 'Say I'm Dead,' a family memoir of race, secrets, and love.
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Memoir, Essay, and the Crucible of Meaning: An Interview with Joanna Eleftheriou

Bruce I. Friedland and essayist Joanna Eleftheriou discuss trauma, identity, and place in the writing of 'This Way Back.'
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The Rhythm of Chronic Illness: A Review of “You’ve Been So Lucky Already” by Alethea Black

You wake up and everything has shifted. You have been throwing up and napping sporadically for 6 months. You’ve been sleeping twice as much as..
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A Conversation with Kelly Sundberg

Kelly Sundberg’s essays have appeared in Guernica, PANK, Quarterly West, The Rumpus, and here at Proximity. She was published in Best American Essays and awarded..
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Things That Helped

I recently witnessed an online discussion in which a writer was asking for advice on comparable titles for her unpublished book, a memoir of postpartum..