Elizabeth Austin

2 months ago | memoirland.substack.com | Scott Oake |Thomas Dai |Elizabeth Austin |Mark Rowlands

Welcome to Memoir Land—a newsletter edited by Sari Botton, 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, Oldster Magazine, Literary Hub, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, and Electric Literature. Below is this week’s curation. ⬇️First Person Singular, featuring original personal essays.

2 months ago | mailchi.mp | Miles Johnson |Caity Weaver |Chris Hayes |Elizabeth Austin

Enjoying The Sunday Long Read and high-quality longform journalism? Have a story idea of your own? Pitch it to us!Each year The SLR publishes a slate of original stories, and we’re currently filling out our 2025 calendar. Our goal is to offer a supportive publishing environment (including fair pay) for writers, and to offer our readers more unforgettable stories. If you’re interested, you can check out our guide to pitching The SLR. Please email your pitch to [email protected].

2 months ago | courtneymaum.substack.com | Courtney Maum |M. L. Rio |Elizabeth Austin |Brittany Chaffee

Hello and happy Wednesday. Is anyone else watching the TV series “Young Sheldon”? Young Sheldon is the prequel to “The Big Bang Theory” which ran from 2007 to 2019. (“Young Sheldon started in 2017 and wrapped up last spring in 2024.)My daughter referred to Young Sheldon as “her show” for a while, retreating to her bedroom to watch it until one night, we watched it with her, and now we’re all obsessed. (How obsessed?