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Let’s Talk Memoir

Ronit Plank
Memoir Writing
Writing Process
Grief
Mental Health
Family Dynamics
Memoir
Motherhood
Creative Nonfiction
Mother-Daughter Relationships
Trauma
Creative Writing
Writing
Identity
Childhood Trauma
Trauma Recovery
Vulnerability
Therapy
Mental Illness
Race
Storytelling

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. Roni... more

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Melisa Febos joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about romantic obsessions, celibacy as a portal to freedom, living her way into a corner and having to fight her way out, leading with scene and story and plot, taking back the sovereignty of he... more

In celebration of the launch of season 8, Jill Christman joins Let’s Talk Memoir to interview Ronit about growing up with no blueprint for making a relationship work, fending for ourselves in childhood, being driven by curiosity, writing about others... more

Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about  going through almost a decade of conversion therapy, dismantling the dogma of pseudo science with its added layer of spiritual discipline, feeling desperate to change, year... more

Dr. Craig Yorke joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the toll of centuries of bigotry, being consumed by race, growing up with psychological financial desperation, living other people’s lives, rethinking what Black studies are, processing... more

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Recent Guests

Melissa Febos
National bestselling author; memoirist
Author of The Dry Season, Abandon Me, Girlhood, Body Work
Episode: 244. The Project of Looking at Ourselves Honestly featuring Melissa Febos
Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez
Author of Conversion Therapy Dropout, Advocate for queer people of faith
Freelance writer, advocate; co-founder of Church Clarity
Episode: 242. Writing Memoir as an Act of Resistance featuring Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez
Craig Yorke
A Black Neurosurgeon and author of STEEP, A Black Neurosurgeon's Journey
Author, STEEP, A Black Neurosurgeon's Journey
Episode: 241. Waking Up to How Our History Has Controlled Us featuring Dr. Craig Yorke
Jill Christman
Episode: Season 8 Announcement
Monica Macansantos
Author of Returning to My Father's Kitchen and Love and Other Rituals
Author, writer
Episode: 240. Deepening the Narrative Journey and Allowing Ourselves to Go Places We Didn’t Plan featuring Monica Macansantos
Jacque Gorelick
Author of Map of a Heart, A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Finding the Way Home
Fine Leaves Press (publisher)
Episode: 239. Letting Our Inner Selves Be Cared For featuring Jacque Gorelick
Mimi Nichter
Cultural and medical anthropologist, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
Episode: 237. Creating Immediacy in Our Narratives Through Contained Timeframes and Present Tense featuring Mimi Nichter
Rachel Tzvia Back
Poet, translator, professor of literature, and author of The Dark-Robed Mother
Wesleyan University Press (publisher of The Dark-Robed Mother)
Episode: 236. Listening to Our Own Language and Going Where We Need to Go featuring Rachel Tzvia Back
Julie Scolnik
Concert flutist and founding artistic director of Mistral Music
Mistral Music
Episode: 235. Searching for a Universal Truth in Your Memoir featuring Julie Scolnik

Host

Ronit Plank
Host of the show; writer, editor, and educator

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 243 ratings
  • One of my favorites

    As an author or a memior I love hearing the Johnny of other writers. And inevitably, I want their books.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    carmdurf
    United Statesa month ago
  • One of my favorite podcasts

    I have learned so much from Let’s Talk Memoir, and I was delighted to be a guest on the show. Ronit has such a warm and inviting interview style, and she asks some of the most thoughtful questions. Her podcast is a gift to the writing community!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Mallary T
    United States2 months ago
  • So helpful

    This podcast is so thorough and informative. As a writer and a reader, I’m riveted to these conversations. Thank you for inviting writers to reflect on their work.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Amy Halloran
    United States2 months ago
  • Excellent!

    This is my favorite podcast about writing. Ronit does such a great job interviewing fascinating guests, and I am learning so much about writing.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Caroline_sings1980
    United States4 months ago
  • Favorite Writing Podcast

    As a creative nonfiction writer, I listen to lots of podcasts on writing, particularly memoir writing. Let’s Talk Memoir is my all time favorite! Ronit brings on great guests who have unique perspectives and she asks them interesting and insightful questions. I look forward to new episodes every week!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    wolex17894
    United States5 months ago

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Guests are diverse and the conversations feel deeply researched and useful for writers.
The show is repeatedly described as an essential resource for memoir writers and readers alike.
Listeners praise the host's warm, thoughtful interview style and insightful questions.

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#226
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Apple Podcasts
#116
Ireland/Arts/Books
Apple Podcasts
#210
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Apple Podcasts
#232
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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

243. Moving Toward a Deeper Empathy and Understanding: Jill Christman interviews Ronit Plank
Q: Why did you start the memoir with the prologue at Newark Airport and the New York scene in 1978?
Starting with that moment creates an immediate emotional hook and demonstrates how early events set the arc for the family story, while allowing room to explore backstory and the development of relationships.
239. Letting Our Inner Selves Be Cared For featuring Jacque Gorelick
Q: What advice would you share with writers working on their memoirs?
Commit to the project for the long run, expect and endure rejection, take care of yourself, focus on the immediate drafting and revision tasks rather than external pressures, and allow the manuscript to evolve through persistent, patient work.
239. Letting Our Inner Selves Be Cared For featuring Jacque Gorelick
Q: How do you feel now about the empty space and protecting yourself in family dynamics?
The empty space around the mother figure remains a lifelong, delicate issue; with age I've softened and become more trusting, yet that early pain still lives as a protective coping strategy that I've learned to manage rather than erase.
239. Letting Our Inner Selves Be Cared For featuring Jacque Gorelick
Q: How long after the first crisis did you begin to write about the experience?
It took roughly a decade before I started writing about it; I left teaching to pursue writing classes, found the seed of the idea in a memoir class, and began shaping the skeleton of the memoir with an outline and early chapters.
239. Letting Our Inner Selves Be Cared For featuring Jacque Gorelick
Q: To begin with, can you share a bit about your new memoir, Map of a Heart?
The memoir is about a new mother's hard-won family life upended by a sudden medical crisis, braided with the backstory of childhood loss and family instability, and crafted through an epistolary-present tense structure to give readers a vivid, intimate sense of the experience.

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What is Let’s Talk Memoir about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This show centers on memoir craft, writing processes, and the lived realities behind personal narratives. Conversations blend deep-dive craft discussions with intimate, often encounter-rich memoir stories—covering identity, trauma, family history, and the publishing journey. Listeners can expect actionable writing tips, practical guidance for memory work, and thoughtful exploration of how real-life experiences translate into compelling, publishable memoirs. A standout strength is the host's combination of empathetic interviewing, rigorous preparation, and a steady stream of diverse guest voices from authors, researchers, and practitioners. This makes it a strong fit for aspiring memoirists, established writers, editors, and readers who want... more

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1. Melissa Febos
2. Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez
3. Craig Yorke
4. Jill Christman
5. Monica Macansantos
6. Jacque Gorelick
7. Mimi Nichter
8. Rachel Tzvia Back

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