35. From Blog to Book featuring Stacey Freeman
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...
23 Mar 202340min
34. Excavating Cultural Identity in Memoir featuring Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson
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 ident...
21 Mar 202337min
33. Finding the Themes in Your Story featuring Debbie Weiss
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 sto...
14 Mar 202331min
32. The Intersection of Race, Privilege, and Addiction in Memoir featuring Laura Cathcart Robbins
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 tack...
7 Mar 202339min
31. Language, Lyricism, and Sound featuring Suzanne Roberts
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, g...
28 Feb 202346min
30. The Magic of Dialogue featuring Felicia Thai Heath
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 ...
21 Feb 202330min
29. Co-Authoring a Memoir featuring Vincent Paterson and Amy Tofte
Happy Valentine’s Day! In honor of artistic partnership, Vincent Paterson and Amy Tofte join Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation on their experience collaborating on their new book Icons and Instinct...
14 Feb 202349min
28. Resisting Self-Pity in Memoir featuring Maria Giura
Maria Giura joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about which stories define us, avoiding the self-pity trap, the importance of allowing the reader to make decisions about the characters in our m...
7 Feb 202339min
