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Green Girl at the Eco Inn

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

The ongoing adventures of one woman’s decision to chuck it all, go for broke, and open up an ‘eco B&B’ in Woodstock, NY.
By Megan Reynolds
Check out Megan Reynolds’ Flickr stream of shots from her life at the B&B.
I. This Old House
Six months ago, I moved into my family’s vacation house in Woodstock, New York. […]

Liberated Body, Captive Mind: A POW’s Story of Survival by Norman Bussel

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

If you’re a regular Memoirville reader, the last name Bussel makes you think of a lovely book nerd who asks memoirists the most insightful questions around. Well, drop all your expectations, because Norman Bussel is a lovely, 83-year-old veteran with an amazing story to share and the talent to tell it well. Below is an […]

Clippings by Christen Clifford

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Christen Clifford is a writer with a New School MFA, 2006 NonFiction Competition prize, 2007 fellowship in Nonfiction Literature from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and work published in Salon, Nerve, and New York Press.
She is also an actor who has performed off Broadway, on As The World Turns and Guiding Light, and […]

The World Tour Compatibility Test: Grand Finale

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

by Elizabeth Koch

Part travelogue and part convoluted love story, The World Tour Compatibility Test is a series of true stories set in exotic locales, as two American writers decide whether to break up or move in together. Click to catch up on Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, a little more Tokyo, two entries in […]

The World Tour Compatibility Test: Back in Tokyo, Part 1

Friday, March 30th, 2007

by Elizabeth Koch

Part travelogue and part convoluted love story, The World Tour Compatibility Test is a series of true stories set in exotic locales, as two American writers decide whether to break up or move in together. Click to catch up on Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, a little more Tokyo, two entries in […]

“Say Yes,” by Marshall Poe

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Marshall Poe is a dream writer for those of us obsessed with sharing stories online. His recent Atlantic Monthly piece, “The Hive,” addresses Wikipedia as history’s biggest collaborative knowledge experiment. He’s currently writing a book about mass collaboration on the Internet and maintains the fantastic memoryarchive.org.
Below, Poe explores the conflation of public and private worlds—off […]

“The Tao of Smut” by Jennifer Leigh

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

It’s early February in the early oughts, and our heroine is dating two men: Gary, who is polyamorous, and Frank, who is not. Since she is not being monogamous, you might think that she, too, is polyamorous. But she isn’t committed to the concept of non-commitment, any more than she’s committed to commitment. Therein lies […]

The World Tour Compatibility Test: Kyoto, Part 2

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

by Elizabeth Koch
Part travelogue and part convoluted love story, The World Tour Compatibility Test is a series of true stories set in exotic locales, as two American writers decide whether to break up or move in together. Click to catch up on Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, a little more Tokyo, two entries in […]

The World Tour Compatibility Test: Kyoto

Monday, February 19th, 2007

by Elizabeth Koch
Part travelogue and part convoluted love story, The World Tour Compatibility Test is a series of true stories set in exotic locales, as two American writers decide whether to break up or move in together. Click to catch up on Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, a little more Tokyo, and two entries […]

The World Tour Compatibility Test: Nara Continues…

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

by Elizabeth Koch
Part travelogue and part convoluted love story, The World Tour Compatibility Test is a series of true stories set in exotic locales, as two American writers decide whether to break up or move in together. Click to catch up on Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, a little more Tokyo, and the beginning […]