Let's Talk Memoir

Episode 40 ft. Sarah Birnbach

Brooke Warner

Sarah Birnbach joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about grief and the wished-for mother, how Jewish prayer anchored her as she mourned the father she adored, birth order and responsibility, how spirituality has shaped her life, deciding how much to share about her painful relationship with her mother, and publishing her memoir A Daughter’s Kaddish later in life.

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Episode 174 ft. Jill Damatac

Episode 174 ft. Jill Damatac

Jill Damatac joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about growing up undocumented in the US and how she ultimately self-deported, weaving Filipino food, mythology, history, and culture in her narrative, opting for a hybridized memoir to mitigate the fear of...

Episode 173 ft. Ruthie Ackerman

Episode 173 ft. Ruthie Ackerman

Ruthie Ackerman joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about maternal ambivalence and coming from a long line of women who abandoned their children, taking motherhood on from different angles, feeling ashamed of shame, illuminating what we need to about ourselves,...