memoir | The Walrus

A brown kitchen chair seated at a round table, covered in a yellow checked tablecloth. On the table are two glasses of wine, a slice of cake, and several face-down playing cards with the ace of spades facing up.

First Person / January/February 2020

How Euchre Healed My Family

December 12, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Jessica Myshrall

We have played through illness, arguments, divorces, and death

A blurred photo of an old-fashioned glass containing several cubes of ice and an amber liquid, against a black background.

Society

Seeing Myself in My Mother’s Addiction

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 - by Helen Knott

In our struggles with sobriety, my mom and I were each other’s reflections

A woman's hands holding a picture of a saint.

Arts & Culture / November 2019

How a Seventh-Century Irish Princess Got Me Back On a Plane

November 1, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Anne Thériault

To overcome my fear of air travel, I turned to Saint Dymphna

Memoir / September 2019

The Truth About Wanting to Die

August 6, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Anna Mehler Paperny

Suicide is scary and messy and exhausting, Anna Mehler Paperny writes in her new book. And we need to be far more honest about it

First Person / May 2019

What I Learned From My Father’s Murder

April 22, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Jodi Singer

I used to think that good things happened to good people. Then my dad was killed

Books

The Stories We Tell About Our Fathers

May 22, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Harley Rustad

Bill Gaston’s new memoir examines his dad’s life—and our fears that we all become our parents

Illustration of a Woman Looking at Shadows on the Kitchen Wall

January/February 2018 / Memoir

Looking Back on My Montreal Kitchens

January 11, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Heather O'Neill

These rooms have always tried to tell me something about my relationships

Illustration of a piece of lettuce on a book

First Person / November 2017

How Pickled Lettuce Got Me to Oxford

October 25, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Gail Singer

I’d always longed to attend the storied university. I had no idea an old family recipe would get me there

Books / May 2017

Oversharing Economy

April 17, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Shannon Tien

Kelly Oxford’s journey from Twitterati to Literati

Society / Web Exclusives

The Fine Art of Getting a Child into a Snowsuit

December 13, 2016April 2, 2020 - by Sasha Grigorieva

In Finland, they do it well