Modern Memoirs

03/25/2025

Modern Memoirs is spotlighting heartfelt reflections from clients and their friends and family on working with our full-service self-publishing company. We are proud to share these words from T. Tsai, who published his 2-volume project “Hiking on the Mountain” and “Start Your Engine!” in 2024. If you (or a friend!) are interested in publishing a memoir or family history, don't delay. Contact Modern Memoirs today to learn more about our process and our caring, creative staff.

03/22/2025

How beautiful!

From The New Yorker - 'The Eulogy I Didn't Give (XXIV)' by Bob Hicok...

03/18/2025

Modern Memoirs is spotlighting heartfelt reflections from clients and their friends and family on working with our full-service self-publishing company. We are proud to share these words from A. Golub, who published his book “Kaddishel: A Life Reborn” in 2004. If you (or a friend!) are interested in publishing a memoir or family history, don't delay. Contact Modern Memoirs today to learn more about our process and our caring, creative staff.

03/17/2025

In honor of , we are pleased to share these companion books celebrating an author's Irish roots. Simple but meaningful book design uses green cover material and custom foil stamps of a shamrock and a claddagh to represent the family's heritage. What symbols might you dream up to honor your own family's history on the cover of a memoir or genealogy? Contact Modern Memoirs, Inc. today to get started on creating a book that will honor your roots and tell the story only you can tell.

03/11/2025

Modern Memoirs is spotlighting heartfelt reflections from clients and their friends and family on working with our full-service self-publishing company. We are proud to share these words from B. Bradford, who published his memoir “I Said I’d Retire” in 2018. If you (or a friend!) are interested in publishing a memoir or family history, don't delay. Contact Modern Memoirs today to learn more about our process and our caring, creative staff.

03/10/2025

Check out these terrific offerings!

We're excited to announce that our April classes are here! Get your notebooks out because we have an incredible line up. Don't wait to register—not only do these classes sell out, but we have limited time early bird discounts. Register now: https://at.pw.org/classes

P.S. Poets & Writers members get early access and special discounts to all of our classes and workshops!

03/08/2025

In celebration of International Women's Day, we are pleased to highlight a few titles we've published that are available for sale in the Modern Memoirs online shop (link below):

-OLD LE***AN MEMORY QUILT by Edie Daly;
-A SOUTHERN MADAM AND HER MAN by David B. Dearinger;
-I, TERESA DE LUCENA by Ellen Kanner;
-MAKING SENSE OF MY LIFE IN SCIENCE by Evelyn Fox Keller; and
-A LUMP IN THE ROAD by Kate Navarra.

Would you like to add your life's story to the growing list of fascinating books we've published by and about women? Or do you want to learn more about the women who came before you on your family tree? Contact Modern Memoirs, Inc. to get started on creating your memoir or family history today!

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03/04/2025

Modern Memoirs is spotlighting heartfelt reflections from clients and their friends and family on working with our full-service self-publishing company. We are proud to share these words from D. Winburn, who published his book “William Wenbourne: Puritan Ancestor of Wenbourne, Winborne and Winburn in America” in 2020. If you (or a friend!) are interested in publishing a memoir or family history, don't delay. Contact Modern Memoirs today to learn more about our process and our caring, creative staff.

03/03/2025

Join our online workshop "Share the Facts and Find the Good: Writing (Advance) Obituaries" on Thursday, May 22, 2025 from 7–8:30 p.m. EST. A clear, thoughtful, and inclusive obituary is an art and a blessing. In this program, Modern Memoirs President Megan St. Marie will guide you through the process of creating, revising, and sharing obituaries and advance obituaries, which she describes as “memoirs or biographies in miniature.” Find out more and register today at the link here: https://bit.ly/WAOworkshop

02/26/2025

Our February newsletter is here! Click below to read President Megan St. Marie's opening piece, "Ho’oponopono: Writing to Make Things Right." Then read on to learn about the client's book featured in this photo, which includes a custom foil stamp with a pickup truck as a symbol of his life's story. What symbol or object would you put on the cover of your memoir?
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02/25/2025

Modern Memoirs is spotlighting heartfelt reflections from clients and their friends and family on working with our full-service self-publishing company. We are proud to share these words from E. Daly, who published her memoir “Old Le***an Memory Quilt” in 2019. If you (or a friend!) are interested in publishing a memoir or family history, don't delay. Contact Modern Memoirs today to learn more about our process and our caring, creative staff.

02/21/2025

Visit the Modern Memoirs blog through the link to read “When in Rome, Find Time to Write!” by Publishing Intern Lily Fitzgerald. In this post, Lily reflects on her recent trip to Italy with the Isenberg School of Management, which taught her important lessons on time management and writing. UMass Amherst UMass Amherst Commonwealth Honors College

“My creative writing professor pulled me aside. He told me I should ‘not stop conversing with my characters’ and advised me to focus on my writing throughout the break.”



Click the link to read the full blog post: https://www.modernmemoirs.com/mmblog/2025/2/when-in-rome-find-time-to-write

02/18/2025

Modern Memoirs is spotlighting heartfelt reflections from clients and their friends and family on working with our full-service self-publishing company. We are proud to share these words from E. Gouverneur, who published her book “Kiddushin, or Toaster Oven Fire” in 2017. If you (or a friend!) are interested in publishing a memoir or family history, don't delay. Contact Modern Memoirs today to learn more about our process and our caring, creative staff.

02/16/2025

We caught a glimpse of client Marvin Kalb’s new memoir, A Different Russia, on today when he spoke about U.S.–Russian relations and the war in Ukraine.

02/14/2025

Happy Valentine' s Day from Modern Memoirs! Would you and your sweetheart like to turn your story into a joint memoir like this one? Contact us today to give the gift of professional publishing service to your valentine.

02/11/2025

Modern Memoirs is spotlighting heartfelt reflections from clients and their friends and family on working with our full-service self-publishing company. We are proud to share these words from E. Tan Tsai, who published her memoir “My Life: The Story of an Asian American Immigrant” in 2022. If you (or a friend!) are interested in publishing a memoir or family history, don't delay. Contact Modern Memoirs today to learn more about our process and our caring, creative staff.

02/04/2025

Modern Memoirs is spotlighting heartfelt reflections from clients and their friends and family on working with our full-service self-publishing company. We are proud to share these words from J. Heffernan, who published his poetry book “Many Worlds: A Collection of Poems” in 2019. If you (or a friend!) are interested in publishing a memoir or family history, don't delay. Contact Modern Memoirs today to learn more about our process and our caring, creative staff.