Memoir Two Ways: Explore My Memoirs In Print and Sound

Offering options for reading or listening to my audio memoirs

The Idea

I take previously published memoir stories and record them for you to hear.

The completion of the project (hopefully) reveals a cohesive book/audio recording of personal essays/memoir stories.

It’s an intuitive project. The audio is mostly paywalled on Substack ($5/month), however, there are free samples.

Below, I’m listing out the ongoing Table of Contents for the working book. The top link is on Medium and directs to the written stories, while the bottom link directs to the audio stories on Substack.

Thank you for your interest and support,

Aimée

Aimée Goes West

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Aimee Goes West

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Free Audio Sample-Aimée Goes West

We Are Braver Than We Know

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We Are Braver Than We Know

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1. We Are Braver Than We Know

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The Power of Heidi on Cassette, Pink Lemonade Powder, and Storytelling

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2. Heidi (5-minute listen)

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Glove Man at Hardee’s

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3. Glove Man at Hardees (5 minute listen)

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My Scary Elementary School Custodian Befriended Me — But First I Wet My Pants in Front of Her

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4. My Scary Elementary School Custodian Befriended Me--But First I Wet My Pants In Front of Her…

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Jim was missing his thumb — I don’t remember why.

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Elvis Appears in the 1980s (2-minute listen)

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When You Are Poor, Playing Ms. Pac-Man Is a Luxury

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5. When You Are Poor, Playing Ms. Pac-Man Is a Luxury (10-minute listen)

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Street of Poverty: I’ve Seen Pain and Poverty That I Had Only Heard Existed in America

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6. Street of Poverty: I've Seen Pain and Poverty That I Had Only Heard Existed in America (8-minute…

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20th Century Teenaged Valentine’s Day Hitchhiker

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7. 20th Century Teenaged Valentine's Day Hitchhiker (10-minute listen)

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8. How I Found Myself Coming of Age in the Silence of Water (7-minute listen)

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8. How I Found Myself Coming of Age in the Silence of Water (7-minute listen)

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A Private School in 1990s Oakland Expanded My Worldview

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9. A Private Middle School In 1990s Oakland Widened My Worldview (10-minute listen)

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Cocaine, Frogs, and Formaldehyde: I Was Framed

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10. I Was Framed: Cocaine, Frogs, and Formaldehyde (8-minute listen)

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Dirty Laundry — A Memoir Unfolds

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11. Dirty Laundry--A Memoir Unfolds (9-minute listen)

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Why I Hacked Into the Public Library Library Database For a Guy When I Was Seventeen

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12. Why I Hacked Into the Public Library Database For a Guy When I Was Seventeen (9-minute listen)

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Insolent Teenage Snow Rage

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Free Sample: Insolent Teenage Snow Rage

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The Boy Whose Stepmom Hated Him So Much She Made Him Sleep In The Attic

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13. The Boy Whose Stepmom Hated Him So Much She Made Him Sleep In The Attic (5-minute listen)

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On Love and Being a Clove-Smoking Teen of the 90s*

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14. On Love and Being a Clove-Smoking Teen of the 1990s (smoking is bad for your health) (7-minute…

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That Night I Smoked A Joint, Listened to Pink Floyd, and Finally Understood Music

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15. That Night I Smoked A Joint, Listened To Pink Floyd, And Finally Understood Music (7-minute…

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Discovering the Smell of Opium, the Sound of Threesomes, and A Kid Named Satan

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16. Discovering the Smell of Opium, The Sound of Threesomes, and a Kid Named Satan (8-minute…

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How Writing a Memoir Is an Experience in Shape Shifting

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17. How Writing A Memoir Is An Experience In Shape Shifting (8-minute listen)

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I Was In College The First Time I Saw Someone Do Hair and Makeup On a Dead Person

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18. I Was In College The First Time I Saw Someone Do Hair and Makeup On A Corpse (10-minute listen)

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Reading Old Love Letters Healed My Heartbreak

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19. How Reading Old Love Letters Healed My Heart Break (8-minute listen)

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I Forget To Listen To Music, But When I Turn It On, My Heart Sings

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20. I Forget To Listen to Music, But When I Turn It On, My Heart Sings (14-minute listen)

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Dancing Our Way Through Life While Death Whispers In Our Ears

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21. Dancing Our Way Through Life While Death Whispers In Our Ears (10-minute listen)

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Baring Our Bodies And Souls To The Divine Nature of Ourselves

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22. Baring Our Bodies and Our Souls to the Divine Nature of Ourselves (7-minute listen)

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That Time I Was a Squirrel Whisperer and Embraced My “Weird”

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23. That Time I Was A Squirrel Whisperer And Embraced My "Weird" (5-minute listen)

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Nature Teaches Us To Trust Our Deepest Wisdom When We Let Her

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24. Nature Teaches Us To Trust Our Deepest Wisdom When We Let Her (5-minute listen)

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In Which I Imagine Turkey Buzzards Draped Over Evergreen Trees Like Gothic Ornaments In An Edgar…

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25. In Which I Imagine Turkey Buzzards Draped Over Evergreen Trees Like Gothic Ornaments In An…

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How Fear Cornered Me Like a Malevolent Ghost

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26. How Fear Cornered Me Like A Malevolent Ghost (11-minute listen)

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Why I Stopped Making Eye Contact With People

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27. Why I Stopped Making Eye Contact With People (12-minute listen)

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Life Is Like A Game of Chess

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28. Life Is Like A Game Of Chess (5-minute listen)

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Sometimes Life Feels Like Hell

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29. Sometimes Life Feels like Hell

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My Attempt To Untangle Adolescence With A One-Way Trip To California

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30. My Attempt to Untangle Adolescence With A One Way Trip To California

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When Summer Is A Fading Dream

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31. When Summer Is A Fading Dream (10 minute listen)

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When An Innocent House Party Turns Into a Dysfunctional Relationship

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32. When An Innocent House Party Turns Into A Dysfunctional Relationship (5-minute listen)