A lit mag for audiophiles
We publish creative nonfiction and poetry inspired by the songs that make up the soundtracks to our lives. Founded in 2017, Memoir Mixtapes has published brilliant writing from talented wordsmiths around the world.
In addition to our full length Volumes, which tend to be themed, we also publish Features (personal essays and poems that don’t fit the current Volume theme) and Song Recommendations (micro creative nonfiction) throughout the year.
Meet the curator-in-chief
Hi, I’m Samantha Lamph/Len. I started Memoir Mixtapes in the fall of 2017.
The idea came to me on the commute home to Koreatown from my copywriting job in Santa Monica, when a song I hadn’t heard in years came on the radio and took me back to a very specific time in my life.
I knew others would have similar stories, and I wanted to read them.The rest is Memoir Mixtapes.
We hope you’ll stick around a while to explore the site. You might just find your next favorite song.