Wylene Branton Wood

Nov 25, 2024 | narratively.com | Wylene Branton Wood

If this isn’t your first time here, you probably know by now that we’re in the midst of our 2024 Narratively Memoir Prize. (If it is your first time, welcome!) We recently shared “Does My Love for a Straight Man Change My Queer Identity?” from Rachel Parsons, one of the two finalists from our 2023 Memoir Prize, in a lead-up to the contest deadline. Today, we’re happy to re-share the essay from the other finalist, Wylene Branton Wood.

Feb 26, 2024 | memoirland.substack.com | Wylene Branton Wood |Raennah Lorne |Emma Dries |Troy Sebastian

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 “First Person Singular in Review,” a look back at earlier essays published there.

Feb 22, 2024 | narratively.com | Wylene Branton Wood

We’re so happy to be presenting Wylene’s story to you today, one of the two finalists from our 2023 Memoir Prize, a beautiful piece about perception and the things we carry with us that makes us tear up every single time we read it. Wylene on writing it: “I have written pieces of my memoir over many years. In these reflections, I have learned so much about my parents and myself — understandings that could only come with age, wisdom and greater objectivity.