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
- Deepening Your Connection to Your Craft and Yourself with Sherry Sidoti of Embodied Writing Programs and Ronit Plank of Let's Talk Memoir, Friday Sept 19 at 12pm PST/ 3pm EST via Substack Live
- Why We Can’t Get Enough of Memoir with Melisse Gelula of Memoiring and Ronit Plank of Let’s Talk Memoir, Friday Sept 26 at 9:00AM PST via Substack Live
- The Truth About Memory: Understanding and Embracing Your Story, Saturday Sept 27 from 10am-1pm PST, via Reclaiming Autonomy Through the Written Word- The Writing Symposium
- Manna Songs: A Launch Party, Sunday September 28 from 1:00-2:30 PST, online, via Eventbrite
- Putting the Plot in Your Memoir, Friday Oct 1 from 1pm-4pm PST, via Write on the Sound
- Pursuing Happiness in Modern Life: In conversation with Dr. Tabitha Kirkland and memoirist Deb Miller, Monday Oct 6 at 7pm, via Third Place Books Ravenna
- 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
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 200 ft. Bridey Thelen-Heidel
Bridey Thelen-Heidel joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about growing up with a mom who was addicted to everything including dangerous men, revisiting and writing about a traumatic childhood forty plus decades later, when you have to let go to protect...
Episode 199 ft. Sarah Boon
Sarah Boon joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about allowing elements of a memoir to reveal themselves, radical acceptance of what we need as a writer and what we can feasibly accomplish with the resources we have, getting to know who we are as creatives,...
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.