Christina Myers

Aug 12, 2024 | memoirland.substack.com | Rosanna Xia |Christina Myers |Christina Cooke |Marisa Cadena

Welcome to Memoir Land—a newsletter edited by , now featuring four verticals:Memoir Monday, a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web brought to you by Narratively, The Rumpus,  Granta, Guernica, Oldster Magazine, Literary Hub, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, and Electric Literature. Below is this week’s curation. First Person Singular, featuring original personal essays. Recently I published “Last Wishes” by , guest-edited by .

Aug 6, 2024 | thewalrus.ca | Christina Myers

For several years, while my kids were at school all day learning how to read and running around the playground at recess, I was at home doing dishes, folding laundry, and writing filthy erotic short stories under several pen names for $75 a pop. When I told someone I was busy working on a freelance job, it was equally likely that I meant I was writing a profile for a local business magazine or crafting an X-rated fiction about naked people doing fun and terrible things to each other.

Jun 21, 2024 | calgaryherald.com | Christina Myers |Dana Gee

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May 27, 2024 | memoirland.substack.com | Jennifer Stewart |Amitava Kumar |Christina Myers |Margaret Lee

Welcome to Memoir Land—a newsletter edited by , now featuring four verticals:Memoir Monday, a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web brought to you by Narratively, The Rumpus,  Granta, Guernica, Oldster Magazine, Literary Hub, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, and Electric Literature. Below is this week’s curation. First Person Singular, featuring original personal essays. Recently I published “The Bargain” by . The Lit Lab, featuring interviews and essays on craft and publishing.

May 22, 2024 | thewalrus.ca | Christina Myers

My friend has been reading a book about “death cleaning.” She tells me this while we’re walking along a trail through a deep ravine, and she pauses when she says it, using air quotes around the words. “It’s a whole thing. It’s Swedish.” I’ve never heard of it before, but she explains the basic concept: you should minimize belongings, clean your home, and organize paperwork so that your death will be less of a burden on your children or other loved ones. She has recently had a cancer diagnosis.