Modern Memoirs

04/22/2025

For , click on the link below to read "Don't Try This at Home," a blog post by Director of Publishing Ali de Groot about her experience publishing a book of her poetry. "This is for any (anxious) Modern Memoirs client I ever worked with… I feel for you!" writes de Groot. "This retrospective describes my own experience of single-handedly creating an art book (alas, without any team behind me)—the myriad details that bombarded me, the endless worries I tried to combat. Don’t try this alone! Of course, the outcome was well worth it for me." Entitled THE DEEP DARK LIGHT, this beautiful poetry book includes paintings by de Groot's friend Michele Théberge, and you can see a digital version through a link at the end of the post. https://www.modernmemoirs.com/mmblog/2024/12/the-deep-dark-light-my-personal-project-or-how-to-stress-over-a-book-project

04/22/2025

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 G. Craven, who published his memoir Wearing Out Pickups in 2016. 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.

04/16/2025

Our latest client interview is here! Click below to read about how our client collected 100 letters he wrote to his grandchildren into a beautiful, heirloom-quality volume. "Gampy" included photographs and paintings that he and one of his sons created, and he even selected one of his paintings of their family home for the dustjacket design, featured here with thanks to Book Designer Nicole Miller. https://www.modernmemoirs.com/mmblog/2025/4/reflections-from-modern-memoirs-client-william-bill-e-simon-jr

04/15/2025

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 Dr. J. Maki, who published his book Voyage Through the Twentieth Century 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.

04/08/2025

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 C. Bateman, who published his book “Vignettes” in 2005. 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.

04/02/2025

Registration is still open for our online workshop, "Share the Facts and Find the Good: Writing (Advance) Obituaries." A clear, thoughtful, and inclusive obituary is an art and a blessing. Don’t miss out on the chance to learn from Modern Memoirs President Megan St. Marie about the process of creating and sharing obituaries and advance obituaries. Register today with the link here: https://bit.ly/WAOworkshop

04/01/2025

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. Schriesheim, who published her book “Bea’s Journey” in 2003. 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.

04/01/2025

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03/29/2025

We often tell our clients that book design is what makes a manuscript a book. 📚❤️

03/28/2025

Our March newsletter is here! Click on the link to read “One is Silver and the Other Gold...,” for news and inspiration from Modern Memoirs, Inc. staff and clients.

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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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