I tell stories you’re not supposed to hear.
What if I told you I was only getting started?
Coming September 1, 2026…
In Someday We Won't Remember This, Doc McLemore crafts an investigation into their father, a man hurled screaming from the South only to wander toward a half-life in Oregon. Collecting shreds of information—medical records, court documents, interviews, journal entries, personal recollections, and photographs—McLemore collages each version of the story they thought they knew. What results is a decoupage of illness, poverty, and moments of humor despite everything.
McLemore portrays a father whose love and violence live in equal measure, while unpacking their own marriage, trans identity, and struggle with addiction. Someday We Won't Remember This ultimately dares to ask: Between family secrets, missing links, and corrupted memories, how can a child become a whole person?
Available everywhere, for more information, check out my book’s info page with the University Press of Kentucky.
Who is Doc McLemore?
I’m a writer and a server living in New Orleans. I’m an educator when asked to lead a classroom or a conversation. I’m a divorced aunt. I’m your gay uncle. I’m nonbinary and trans and that means I don’t identify by the pronouns and gender I was assigned at birth. It’s they/them, for the record.
You can find my work with LMNL, The Windward Review (available here), Salvation South (available here and here), and The Sunlight Press (available here.)
Contact
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