Let's Talk Memoir

Episode 23 ft. Kathy Curto

Brooke Warner

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 through teaching writing to a broad range of students, and her memoir in micro essays Not for Nothing: Glimpse into a Jersey Girlhood.

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Episode 157 ft. Paula Delgado-Kling

Episode 157 ft. Paula Delgado-Kling

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Episode 156 ft. Diane Vonglis Parnell

Episode 156 ft. Diane Vonglis Parnell

Diane Vonglis Parnell joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about growing up with 9 siblings on an isolated farm under the tyranny of her abusive father and living in constant fear, homing in on the story we are called to tell, steering clear of portraying...