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Let’s Talk Memoir

Let’s Talk Memoir is a podcast for memoir lovers, readers, and writers, featuring interviews with memoirists about their writing process, their challenges, and what they’ve learned about sharing the most personal of narratives. Hosted by writer, editor, and teacher Ronit Plank, each episode highlights different aspects of the memoir-writing experience, and offers writing tips and inspiration. Ronit is the author of the award-winning story collection Home is a Made-Up Place and the memoir When She

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40:47

Writing into Structure featuring Clare Frank

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/09/19

Clare Frank joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about writing a female-career-centered memoir, letting structure dictate content, when an agent really loves your voice but doesn’t think they can sell your book, the lifelong relationship she’s had with fire, and her new memoir Burnt. Also in this episode: -using NaNoRiMo to draft your book -embracing the suck -when your sibling is also writing a memoir Book mentioned in this episode: Books by Caitlin Doughty Ambulance Driver by Kevin

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43:14

Relentless in Revision featuring Dinty W. Moore

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2023/09/12

Dinty W. Moore joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about his 25 years as Editor-in-Chief of Brevity Magazine, elements that set submissions apart, landing on a writer’s voice, generating work in play mode yet being relentless in revision, resisting the urge to explain, allowing ourselves to be peculiar, and what rejection really means. Also in this episode: -the stories in our lives we keep coming back to. -the gift of 750 words. -giving readers room to interpret. Authors mentioned in

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43:44

Still Life at Eighty featuring Abigail Thomas

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2023/09/05

Abigail Thomas joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the importance of curiosity, honesty, and vulnerability in our work, making our own rules on the page, her approach to writing and revision, the story she wasn’t sure how she’d tell, and her newest memoir Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing. Also in this episode: -the magic of third person -writing to see what we mean -how our work changes over time Books mentioned in this episode: Autobiography of a Face by Lucy

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02:30

Season 3 is launching soon!

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/08/29

Season 3 is almost here with fresh interviews on voice, finding structures that work, revision tools, the ethics and legalities of writing about others, what it’s like to move from other creative disciplines to memoir, advocating for our work, and lots more. Season 3 of Let’s Talk Memoir will launch Tuesday, September 5th, and new episodes will come out weekly through Spring 2024. You can find additional Let’s Talk Memoir resources @RonitPlank on Instagram, Threads, X, LinkedIn, and Facebook. And

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16:26

Season 2 is Wrapped!

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/05/30

In this episode of Let’s Talk Memoir, reflections on a few most-asked memoir questions, information on Season 3, and where to find Let’s Talk Memoir writing resources and updates while the show is on Summer hiatus. Thank you to Season 2’s generous guests for your insight and clarity, and to the listeners who make this show so rewarding to make. Grateful for your incredible support! Links to memoir-writing articles mentioned in this episode: https://ronitplank.com/published-works/ -- Ronit Plank is

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57:54

Intergenerational Trauma & Truth-Telling in Sam Now...

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/05/23

Reed Harkness joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about a mother who goes missing, intergenerational trauma, moving into discomfort in service of truth-telling, what’s ours to tell, masculinity and brotherhood, the hero’s journey as a template for story arc, and what he’s learned about vulnerability from documenting 25 years of his family’s story in his new deeply personal film Sam Now. Also in this episode: -blended families -sibling language -when our work takes on a life of its

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40:20

Trusting Our Writing Selves featuring Gayle Brandeis

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/05/16

Gayle Brandeis joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about losing her mother to suicide and finding a way to write about it, her work across genres, leaning into what makes us unique on the page, trusting ourselves to discover what our work wants to become, why there is no better time to write than now, editing for connection with readers, the importance of play in our work, and her new collection Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss. Also in this episode: -speculative

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59:01

The Deeply Researched Memoir featuring Jennifer Lunden

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/05/09

Jennifer Lunden joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her experience with ME/CFS and her new braided memoir American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life, writing about trauma, the long-term effects of adverse childhood experiences on health, misogyny in medicine, using imagery to ground our readers, how she found the right publisher, and what it takes to be a working, published writer. Also in this

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49:50

Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden featuring...

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/05/02

Camille T. Dungy joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about who speaks about the natural world and how, erasure in life and in art, the white gaze, reviewing the cannon of environmental literature with a critical eye, writing about motherhood, manuscript-cutting, leaning into humor and nuance in our work, and her new book Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden. Also in this episode: -memoir that’s so braided it’s woven -creating work during a pandemic -interrogating ourselves Books

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39:53

The Spiritual Memoir featuring Sarah Birnbach

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/04/25

Sarah Birnbach joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about grief and the wished-for mother, how Jewish prayer anchored her as she mourned the father she adored, birth order and responsibility, how spirituality has shaped her, deciding how much to share about her painful relationship with her mother, and publishing her memoir A Daughter’s Kaddish later in life. Also in this episode: -not throwing those we have conflict with under the bus -feminism in Judaism -community as a balm for

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31:14

Processing Grief with Words featuring Candace Cahill

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2023/04/18

Candace Cahill joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about placing her newborn son for adoption and meeting him as an adult shortly before his death, writing for clarity, negotiating guilt, finding compassion for yourself, writing as a process for grieving, and her memoir Goodbye Again. Also in this episode: -child relinquishment -extending grace to parents who fell short -the benefits of writing groups Books mentioned in this episode: All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung When I Was Her

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38:51

You Could Make This Place Beautiful featuring Maggie...

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/04/11

Maggie Smith joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about having and holding boundaries in our work and in our lives, trusting our instincts as writers, taking risks, telling the truth as we know it, allowing our material to dictate form, how our work changes over time, and her highly anticipated memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful. -Visit the Let's Talk Memoir Merch store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/letstalkmemoir Also in this episode: -protecting our children in our work -poetry’s

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44:13

Sharing A Dangerous Story featuring Erika Bornman

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/04/04

Erika Bornman joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her experience escaping from KwaSizabantu and her participation in News24’s exposé alleging this strict Christian mission is a cult is a cult riddled with abuse, the compassion she found writing about loved ones with whom she has longstanding conflict, how she approached crafting emotionally difficult passages, the legal advice she got about including controversial material in her memoir Mission of Malice, and why our voice

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56:49

Writing What You Have To featuring Sandi Wisenberg

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/03/28

Sandi Wisenberg joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about finding home, the structure our books need, her career as a journalist, negotiating a legacy of woman shame and Jewish shame, writing what you have to, and her new collection of memoiristic essays, The Wandering Womb. -Visit the Let's Talk Memoir Merch store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/letstalkmemoir Also in this episode: -looking for home -not wrapping our writing up too neatly -a closer look at “the wandering Jew” trope Further

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40:03

From Blog to Book featuring Stacey Freeman

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/03/23

Stacey Freeman joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about how her husband’s infidelity became the impetus for her writing career, single parenthood and the shock of dating after divorce, getting comfortable sharing after a lifetime of keeping the personal under wraps, cutting her manuscript by half, and the blog that became her memoir I Bought My Husband’s Mistress Lingerie. Also in this episode: -making a living from writing -finding peace with an ex -pivoting careers after

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37:26

Excavating Cultural Identity in Memoir featuring...

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2023/03/21

Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about growing up in Saudi Arabia under an oppressive regime, what being a woman of color does and doesn’t mean to her, invisible identities, writing about ethnicity, race, and culture, her advocacy work, and how she navigated the socio-political in her memoir The Last Sandstorm. Also in this episode: -Recognizing our privilege as we write -Knowing what to leave out of our manuscripts -How hyper liberalism has impacted her Memoirs

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31:28

Finding the Themes in Your Story featuring Debbie Weiss

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/03/14

Debbie Weiss joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about widowhood and capturing grief and loneliness in ways that keep readers invested, starting scenes in the middle, finding themes in your story, how her blog was a stepping stone to watching her writing take off, and her new memoir Available As Is. Also in this episode: -writing about the character-you from the narrator-you lens -the online dating scene after 50 -structuring a memoir with lots of material Books Mentioned in this

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39:29

The Intersection of Race, Privilege, and Addiction in...

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/03/07

Laura Cathcart Robbins joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about writing Stash, her new memoir that delves into addiction, privilege, and race, what self-care looked like for her while she tackled traumatic material, why she had to let go of controlling the narrative to better serve her story, and depicting the physical impact of addiction on the page. Also in this episode: -Laura’s wildly popular podcast The Only One in the Room -the importance of journals -sharing a manuscript with family

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46:05

Language, Lyricism, and Sound featuring Suzanne Roberts

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/02/28

Suzanne Roberts joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the difficulty of being in a human body - especially a woman’s, the male gaze, deciding how to approach our work, writing about loss, grief, death, and desire, reading widely and deeply, being an employee to our art, and Animal Bodies, her memoir made of lyrical essays, narrative pieces, and prose poems. Also in this episode: -when the body becomes political -how poetry has informed her work -a tool to get yourself to write even

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30:34

The Magic of Dialogue featuring Felicia Thai Heath

Let’s Talk Memoir ·

2023/02/21

Felicia Thai Heath joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about growing up on the run to help keep her father, a notorious Vietnamese kingpin, safe from capture, the power of dialogue to tell our stories, beginning scenes in the middle, orienting the reader in time and space, and making the decision to share the family history she once tried to hide. Also in this episode: -Crafting interludes to give readers a break -Writing the most emotional scenes first -Depicting fraught relationships Books

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