Memoir Land by Sari Botton

Super Bowl 2025. The only picture the author has of herself with both of her parents during the six years she lived at home. When I tell people my housemates for the first half of my thirties were my parents, I typically get one of two reactions. Some pause, raise their eyebrows, and ask if I’m thrilled to have moved out. “No,” I respond with a level of confidence I’ve only gained over the past few years.

Since 2010, invariouspublications, I’ve interviewed authors—mostly memoirists—about aspects of writing and publishing. Initially I did this for my own edification, as someone who was struggling to find the courage and support to write and publish my memoir. I’m still curious about other authors’ experiences, and I know many of you are, too. So, inspired by the popularity of The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, I’ve launched The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.

Since 2010, invariouspublications, I’ve interviewed authors—mostly memoirists—about aspects of writing and publishing. Initially I did this for my own edification, as someone who was struggling to find the courage and support to write and publish my memoir. I’m still curious about other authors’ experiences, and I know many of you are, too. So, inspired by the popularity of The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, I’ve launched The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.

Readers, During my eight years as the editorial director of a wonderful storytelling non-profit called TMI Project, I often had to come up with writing prompts for workshops I led.

The building on E. 13th Street where I lived for over a decade. It was an apartment I once thought only a true New Yorker could love, with lopsided floors, rotting window sills, lumpy plaster walls, the world’s tiniest bedroom — seven by seven-and-a-half, just big enough for my full-size bed — and a bathroom in the kitchen. I first looked at it on a brutal February day in the early 90s.

Since 2010, invariouspublications, I’ve interviewed authors—mostly memoirists—about aspects of writing and publishing. Initially I did this for my own edification, as someone who was struggling to find the courage and support to write and publish my memoir. I’m still curious about other authors’ experiences, and I know many of you are, too. So, inspired by the popularity of The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, I’ve launched The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.

Readers, During my eight years as the editorial director of a wonderful storytelling non-profit called TMI Project, I often had to come up with writing prompts for workshops I led.

Since 2010, invariouspublications, I’ve interviewed authors—mostly memoirists—about aspects of writing and publishing. Initially I did this for my own edification, as someone who was struggling to find the courage and support to write and publish my memoir. I’m still curious about other authors’ experiences, and I know many of you are, too. So, inspired by the popularity of The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, I’ve launched The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.

Abby Alten Schwartz on the beach by her new Jersey Shore home—where she doesn’t yet spend enough time. I pour a cup of coffee and gaze out my sliding glass doors to the expanse of beach ten stories below. Three months after selling my house in the Philly suburbs and downsizing to a condo at the Jersey Shore, I still say to my husband, “I can’t believe we live here.” This move was my reset—a chance to downshift my work-comes-first mindset and have more fun.

in various publications , I’ve interviewed authors—mostly memoirists—about aspects of writing and publishing. Initially I did this for my own edification, as someone who was struggling to find the courage and support to write and publish my memoir . I’m still curious about other authors’ experiences, and I know many of you are, too.