Ronit Plank is a writer, teacher, podcast host & speaker who believes that stories save us.
Ronit Plank is a writer, teacher, podcast host & speaker who believes that stories save us.
Upcoming Events
- Writing a Memoir: Your Story of Becoming, Oct 8, 15, 22, and 29 from 1pm-3pm PST, via Osher Lifelong Learning
- In conversation with Shigeko Ito - The Pond Beyond the Forest: Reflections on Childhood Trauma and Motherhood, Tuesday, Oct 14 at 7:00pm, via Third Place Books Ravenna
- Your Dynamic Memoir: 4-Week Online Class with Ronit Plank. Oct 23 and 30; Nov 6 and 13, 10am-12pm PDT, online.
This online memoir class is suitable for memoirists who enjoy dedicated lessons, group discussion and analysis, in-class prompts, feedback and developmental editing on submitted work, and a welcoming class environment. We will meet Thursdays 10am12pm PT on 10/23/25, 10/30/25, 11/6/25 & 11/13/25 and caps at 10 students. Learn more and register here! - In conversation with memoirist Leslie Johansen Nack, Oct 28 at 7pm, via Third Place Books Ravenna
- My upcoming 10-week online memoir course through University of Washington's Professional and Continuing Education department is open for registration as of 10.15.25. Memoir Writing: Finding Your Story begins 3.30.26 and meets evenings from 6:00-9:00 pm PT. Here's the link for more information.
Stories save us.
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, speaker, and memoirist Ronit Plank, each episode highlights different aspects of the memoir writing experience, writing tips, and inspiration.
Recently on Let’s Talk Memoir
Episode 207 ft. Shigeko Ito
Shigeko Ito joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the lasting impact of childhood emotional neglect, how invisible trauma can manifest in adult life, fragmented memories, facing a fierce inner critic, accepting limits, growing as a person and as a writer,...
Episode 206 ft. Leslie Johansen Nack
Leslie Johansen Nack joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about growing up with parents who struggled with mental illness and substance abuse, surviving an inappropriate and domineering father, getting tools to heal, making ourselves safe, knowing as a child you...
Praise for Let’s Talk Memoir and Ronit Plank
Books by Ronit Plank
When She Comes Back
“An intimate, intuitive, emotionally vivid account that finds hope in reconciliation.” – Kirkus Reviews
When She Comes Back is a memoir about the loss of Ronit’s mother to the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the guru at the center of the Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country, and their eventual reconciliation. It’s also the story of a family trying to find itself, grownups who don’t know how to be adults, and what happens when the person your life revolves around can’t stay.
Home Is a Made Up Place
“A poignant and melancholy collection of stories about the constant search for a place to belong.” – Kirkus Reviews
Bracing and intimate, Home is a Made-Up Place is a collection of stories about reclaiming personal power, recognizing the difference between what can and cannot be changed, and the pull of familial attachments despite the toll they might take.