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An essay can have benefits beyond those that come from publication By Elizabeth Roper Marcus Shortly after taking up writing in my late 40s, I finished a memoir piece I was proud o...
By Andrea A. Firth My husband and I recently spent a couple days in Paris where we celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary. I can say without hesitation that I’ve got a great mate...
The earliest essay in this book was published in 1992, when I was 40. Back then, my wife and I had only one child, Samantha, three years old. I am finishing this book at 71. My son...
By Jan Hogle Only my dad left stories for the rest of us. He wrote about growing up in Syracuse and Binghamton, New York, playing his accordion for money as a teenager, meeting my...
DAYS AFTER ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WAS IT THE WRONG ARTICLE AT THE WRONG TIME? By Ronnie Blair Sometimes what we write serves a greater purpose than what...
The column went from being about a neighborhood to being all over the map. Now, I can’t attend any event, watch any movie, read any essay, discover any story, hear any conversation...
By Dinty W. Moore Anne Lamott’s advice on writing about other folks in our lives is so often quoted that it has become iconic: itself: “If people wanted you to write warmly about t...
Nine Notes on the End of the Story Continue reading on Medium »
Guest editor Gessen, who won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Opinion Writing for their work in The New York Times, gathers 20 essays that try, as they put it, to “make meaning of human...
The best parts of you can’t be listed on a resume.Continue reading on Medium »
Not a crowd. Not no one. One person.Continue reading on Medium »
There are few things that I enjoy more than writing. Over the years, as I’ve matured, so have the characters that I’ve created. Mature characters bring a different perspective to w...
By Sarah Curtis In the spring of last year, I mailed my father a copy of my manuscript before my publisher sent it to press. Since it was about him, I thought he deserved the final...
The object is never the subject. The object is the lens. By Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr. I did not set out to write a memoir. I set out to write about my stomach. Specifically, the com...
Ed Shanahan, the editor of Metropolitan Diary, joins us in October to chat with teenagers about writing tiny memoirs. Post your comments and questions for him by Oct. 16.
By Ethan Gilsdorf One of the more stunning essays I’ve read in recent memory, “Math 1619,” begins: Show all of your work clearly and thoroughly. You may use an approved calculator,...
by Danya Kaufmann I spent a couple weeks in Dharamshala one summer, up in the lush green mountains of Northern India. The village was enveloped by a magical mist, and I was in heav...
We invite teenagers to tell a story about a meaningful life experience in just 100 words. Contest dates: Sept. 16-Oct. 28, 2026.
A mother, a son, and the brutal telling that ended usContinue reading on The Narrative Arc »
“Obedience to Authority: On Being Broken,” an excerpt from Feels Like Trouble by Helen Betya Rubinstein It was my first class of college, the class I walked across the quad toward...
Attorney, advocate, and Keep Good Company Records co-founder Matthew Baione reflects on music, memory, and the stories behind three digits in “Music Heals,” a moving essay marking...
‘Modern Love’ Host on How the Specific Becomes Universal sara.custer@in… Mon, 10/05/2026 - 03:00 AM Anna Martin, host of a New York Times podcast, explai...
By Allison K Williams A writer tells me, “My teacher said I need more interiority, but then my essay has too much ‘I thought’ and ‘I felt.’” Or, “My beta readers said they didn’t k...
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