Let's Talk Memoir

Episode 65 ft. Maya Golden

Brooke Warner

Maya Golden joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about extensive complex childhood trauma and the repercussions of sexual abuse, recovring from addiction, approaching memoir writing with authenticity and vulnerability, the effect of religious and societal pressure on women, telling a story from the safety of adulthood, and her memoir The Return Trip.

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Episode 258 ft. Deborah Sosin

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Episode 257 ft. Kim Murphy

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