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Jean Jackman's avatar

Love to see short memoir.

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Narratively's avatar

We've actually been talking a lot about adding short new memoir pieces. More to come on that front in the new year.

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Noah Rosenberg's avatar

Thanks, Jean! How short are you thinking? And can you please share an example of a short memoir piece you loved from elsewhere on the internet? That’d be really helpful to us as we think about additional formats for 2024.

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Kate Orsini's avatar

Grief, Relationships, Discovery, Rebirth, Cats

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Jeanne Malmgren's avatar

That's a good list.

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Narratively's avatar

I mean...Grief, Relationships, Discovery, Rebirth, Cats...that's basically all there is to life isn't it! The 5 pillars. Our Life Goes On collection has some great stories about grief, rebirth and more: https://www.narratively.com/t/life-goes-on

And we'll def work on finding some more furry stories to add here!

https://www.narratively.com/t/cats

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Cheryl Jacobs's avatar

Memoir (nothing beats life), crime, the marginalized, LGBTQ, black, hispanic...unfortunately the list is long, death (stories that sit alongside our tales of living), stories that take me into unexplored places in my mind and spirit, shift my paradigm.

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Emily Henderson's avatar

I like short memoir that explores a single question. I write what I call "real-time flash memoir" where I document the full remodel of our home. I explore what it means to build a home when there is always someone missing from the dinner table.

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Marcia Abboud's avatar

I'd read that Emily :)

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Emily Henderson's avatar

oh wow! Thank you!

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Kathryn Vercillo's avatar

My own niche is in exploring the complex relationship between art and mental health, particularly the shadow side of how mental health symptoms impact creative content and process. So, that would be a unique theme I'd love to see. More broadly - the shadow side of creativity.

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Connie Lynn White Writes's avatar

travel memoir, personal transformation, second half of life...

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Rhonda Wiley-Jones's avatar

Insightful, meditative &/or reflective & transformative travel stories.

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Jennifer Silva Redmond's avatar

Inspiring adventure travel stories are always great.

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Katrina Anne Willis's avatar

I’d love to see more LQBTQ+ as well as full-time nomad/traveler stories. 😊

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Narratively's avatar

Check out our Narratively Pride collection: https://www.narratively.com/t/narratively-pride

Plenty more to come!

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Jennifer Silva Redmond's avatar

I'd also like to read more full time nomad/traveler stories here, like mine!

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Narratively's avatar

This is a fun collection of stories that are all about finding home -- with a good few nomad pieces! https://www.narratively.com/t/no-place-like-home

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Jennifer Silva Redmond's avatar

Cool. Thanks.

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Kathleen Donlon Spiegel's avatar

How about stories around adoption and finding one’s birth parents, siblings and other family members.

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Narratively's avatar

https://www.narratively.com/t/annals-of-adoption

Hope to have some more for this collection soon!

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Jean Jackman's avatar

How about if readers submit 1000 word (more or less) personal memoir stories?

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Marcia Abboud's avatar

Nothing beats memoir, life stories, in all its forms that captivate and make us feel something.

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Tom Calarco's avatar

Two off-beat, if you will, topics I would like to see stories about, topics that are gaining currency are: UFOs (UAPs, the new name) and the JFK Assassination. I myself have a personal memoir posted in Medium about each.

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Lynda Scott Araya's avatar

The way Menopause is talked about (or not), grief, domestic violence

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