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Let’s Talk Memoir

Let’s Talk Memoir

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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 Comes Back about the loss of her mother to the guru at the center of Netflix’s docuseries Wild Wild Country and their eventual reconciliation. For more memoir advice, workshops, and encouragement find Let’s Talk Memoir and Ronit on Substack, Instagram, and at ronitplank.comCopyright 2022 All rights reserved. Arte Ciencias Sociales Historia y Crítica Literaria
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  • 234. Knowing When a Structure has Clicked in Place featuring Stephanie Weaver

    234. Knowing When a Structure has Clicked in Place featuring Stephanie Weaver
    Apr 9 2026
    Stephanie Weaver MPH joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about family estrangement, gaslighting, her recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse, chronic illness, not wanting a book to be about revenge, reframing a memoir around a larger cultural moment to resonate with more people, stepping away from our memoir projects to take care of ourselves, avoiding traumatizing the reader, knowing when a structure has clicked in place, discovering the complex heart of your story, the querying process, when you don’t have a big platform but have lots of connections, and her new memoir Bitter, Sweet: How to Heal Yourself When Your Family is Broken. Stephanie Weaver on The Body Myth: Loving Our Bodies When They’ve Been a Source of Pain https://ronitplank.com/2022/06/14/the-body-myth-loving-our-bodies-when-theyve-been-a-source-of-pain-ft-stephanie-weaver/ Ronit’s Fall Workshop - Writing Dynamic Memoir: From Lived Experience to Gripping Story https://www.lmcmurtrylitcenter.org/workshops/writing-dynamic-memoir-from-lived-experience-to-gripping-story Also in this episode: -Beta readers -removing tags in dialogue -how our brains record memories Books mentioned in this episode: -Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls -Educated by Tara Westover -The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis -When Longing Becomes Your Lover by Amanda J. McCracken -The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk -Wild by Cheryl Strayed -This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff -Homebaked by Alia Volz -Madman in the Woods by Jamie Gehring Stephanie Weaver MPH is an experienced curator and storytelling strategist. With a rich career spanning museum storytelling, public health, and speaker coaching, she has worked at a range of iconic institutions – from The San Diego Zoo to The White House. A world traveler who embarked on a solo journey through Southeast Asia at 28, Weaver has curated TEDxSanDiego, coached hundreds of speakers, and authored five books that illuminate the power of personal narrative. A survivor and advocate, she's transformed personal battles with childhood sexual abuse and chronic illness into a mission of helping others heal. After living in Cleveland, Connecticut, and Chicago, Stephanie has been a happy Southern Californian for thirty years, where she and her husband wait hand and foot on their golden retriever. Sign up for her free newsletter Fun to Be Around at stephanieweaver.com Connect with Stephanie Weaver, MPH on: Website: https://stephanieweaver.com Substack https://sweavermph.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sweavermph/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sweavermph Threads https://www.threads.com/@sweavermph Purchase book: Bitter, Sweet: How to Heal Yourself When Your Family Is Broken (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Sweet-Yourself-Family-Broken/dp/1960456377/ Bitter, Sweet (Bookshop) https://bookshop.org/p/books/bitter-sweet-how-to-heal-yourself-when-your-family-is-broken-stephanie-weaver/ff5eb4fcdc02b083 Bitter, Sweet (Barnes and Noble) https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bitter-sweet-stephanie-weaver/1148895292?ean=9781960456373 Professional beta reads & TED-talk speaker coaching https://experienceology.com/writing-coach/ – Ronit’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer’s Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts’ 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories. She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and teaches memoir through the University of Washington's Online Continuum Program and also independently. She launched Let's Talk Memoir in 2022, lives in Seattle with her family of people and dogs, and is at work on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Subscribe to Ronit’s Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank https://bsky.app/profile/ronitplank.bsky.social
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  • 233. Revealing the Divisions and Truths Within Us featuring Nikkya Hargrove

    233. Revealing the Divisions and Truths Within Us featuring Nikkya Hargrove
    Apr 7 2026

    Nikkya Hargrove joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the effects of incarceration on the family system, growing up lost and unsure who her family was, accepting the responsibility of becoming her brother’s mother, the spark that got her writing her memoir, gaining the lens to understand our story is worthy of being told, acknowledging the divisions within ourselves, incorporating backstory without slowing the narrative down, holding space for others in our work, allowing ourselves to use the words we couldn't use growing up, normalizing sharing feelings, the gift of found family, the complicated truths within us, and her memoir MAMA: A Queer Black Woman’s Story of Family Lost and Found.

    Ronit’s in-person memoir workshop this fall at the Larry McMurtry Literary Center

    https://www.lmcmurtrylitcenter.org/workshops/writing-dynamic-memoir-from-lived-experience-to-gripping-story

    Also in this episode:

    -starting with the basics

    -getting to the truth

    -finding freedom in our story

    Books mentioned in this episode:

    The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

    Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson

    Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

    The Prisoner’s Wife by Asha Bandele

    Nikkya Hargrove is a graduate of Bard College and currently serves as a member of the school's Alumni/ae Board of Governors. A LAMBDA Literary Nonfiction Fellow, she has written about adoption, marriage, motherhood, and the prison system for The Washington Post, The Guardian, The New York Times, Scary Mommy, Psychology Today, Rumpus, and more. Until recently, she has spent her professional career working for social impact organizations. She is now the proud owner of her very own, independent bookstore called Obodo Serendipity Books. She lives in Connecticut with her wife and three children.

    Connect with Nikkya:

    Website: https://www.nikkyamhargrove.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkyahargrove/

    Book purchase via Hachettebookgroup:

    https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/nikkya-hargrove/mama/9781643751580/

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    Ronit’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer’s Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts’ 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories.

    She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and teaches memoir through the University of Washington's Online Continuum Program and also independently. She launched Let's Talk Memoir in 2022, lives in Seattle with her family of people and dogs, and is at work on her next book.

    More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com

    Subscribe to Ronit’s Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank

    Follow Ronit:

    https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/

    https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank

    https://bsky.app/profile/ronitplank.bsky.social
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  • 232. Self-Compassion and Recognizing the Illusion of Control featuring Amanda McCracken

    232. Self-Compassion and Recognizing the Illusion of Control featuring Amanda McCracken
    Mar 31 2026

    Amanda McCracken joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about what happens when you’re hopelessly, stubbornly in love with longing, fear of intimacy, the idea of falling in love vs. being in love, person addiction, choices around sex, longing for avoidant men, recognizing the illusion of control, applying to speak at Tedx talks, going to social media to find publishers, becoming an expert on a topic, learning how to trust yourself, self-compassion, becoming more real, and her new book When Longing Becomes Your Lover: Breaking from Infatuation, Rejection, and Perfectionism to Find Authentic Love: A True Story of Overcoming Limerence.

    Also in this episode:

    -wanting to be seen

    -being a guest on a national talk show

    -publishing articles on virginity and celibacy

    Books mentioned in this episode:

    Drinking: A Love Story by Carolyn Knapp

    Appetites by Carolyn Knapp

    Unrequited by Lisa A. Phillips

    Love and Limerence by Dorothy Tennov

    The Velveteen Rabbit by MArgery Williams

    Amanda McCracken is a journalist passionate about experiences that highlight the intersection of wellness, travel, and relationships. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Vogue, National Geographic, Elle, NPR, Outside, ESPN, SELF, Runner’s World, and many others. She published her first article about longing in 2013, which led to additional articles featuring personal anecdotes and deep research and interviews with the BBC and Katie Couric. She is now considered a “limerence expert” and intimacy advocate. Her 2023 TED Talk, “How Longing Keeps Us From Healthy Relationships,” highlights how longing can become selfsabotaging and shares how to change our patterns of longing. McCracken is also a part-time university instructor, massage therapist, triathlon coach, and competitive athlete. Raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, McCracken put down roots with her husband and daughter in Boulder, Colorado, after a trip around the world aboard the Peace Boat.

    Connect with Amanda:

    Website: www.amandajmccracken.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandajmccracken

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmandaJanaeMcCracken/

    Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@thelonginglab

    Get the book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amanda-mccracken/when-longing-becomes-your-lover/9781546008538/

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    Ronit’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer’s Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts’ 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories.

    She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and teaches memoir through the University of Washington's Online Continuum Program and also independently. She launched Let's Talk Memoir in 2022, lives in Seattle with her family of people and dogs, and is at work on her next book.

    More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com

    Subscribe to Ronit’s Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank

    Follow Ronit:

    https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/

    https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank

    https://bsky.app/profile/ronitplank.bsky.social
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