Jeneé Skinner

Jun 24, 2024 | memoirland.substack.com | Jeneé Skinner |Richard Kelly Kemick |Lynne Tillman |Kathleen Alcott

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 “Smoke,” by . The Lit Lab, featuring interviews and essays on craft and publishing.

Jun 20, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Jeneé Skinner

Skip to content essays Many of her wounds are mine, and yet much of her mind is a stranger to me Due to lack of furniture, my mother’s bedroom is the center of operations. The TV is always on unless I turn it off. The fire alarm beeps for new batteries every few minutes, but we’ve gotten good at ignoring it for the most part. The blankets are psychedelic shades of pink with a gold, glittering crust flowing down like lava lamp wax. Electric candles and pink champagne overlay decorate the...