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
27. Protecting What We Create From Our Own Judgment featuring Buick Audra
Buick Audra joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her new album and companion memoir in essays Conversations with My Other Voice, the importance of protecting our work from judgment, being ...
31 Jan 202341min
26. Memoir in Essays and Experimental Forms featuring Beth Kephart
Beth Kephart joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the crucial differences between a book of essays and a memoir in essays, choosing what to keep and what to cut, the gifts of nonlinear sto...
24 Jan 202338min
25. Discovering the Story You Need to Tell featuring Lori L. Tharps
Lori L. Tharps joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about why memoirs are not an indulgence, the importance of finding your memoir’s theme, deciding where your book should begin, having a writin...
17 Jan 202352min
24. The Editor We All Need featuring Allison K. Williams
Literary Citizen of the Year Allison K Williams joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the importance of plot, structure, and dramatic arc in memoir, the elements that make a story a story, ...
10 Jan 202344min
23. The Acceptance of Imperfection featuring Kathy Curto
Kathy Curto joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about accepting imperfection in our writing, the effect of time and distance in our work, finding beauty even in the painful, what she’s learned...
3 Jan 202341min
22. Writing a Memoir About The Mother Who Betrayed You featuring Author Laura Davis
Celebrated author and memoir teacher Laura Davis joins Let’sTalk Memoir for a special holiday episode for a conversation about writing her memoir The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Stor...
27 Dec 20221h 25min
