Recently Memoir Monday opened submissions for essays published around the web, to be considered for inclusion in the weekly curation.

Submitting *original* personal essays for the “First Person Singular” and “Goodbye to All That” sections

I’m interested in a diverse variety of authors subjects and voices and tones, and look generally for pieces that make meaning of deeply personal experiences. (Basically, what good first-person writing does.) Something I love but don’t see enough of: essays in which writers consider difficult experiences through the lens of absurdity.