Let's Talk Memoir
Episode 189 ft. Amy Mackin
Amy Mackin joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the disability landscape and advocating for our children, special education and early intervention, struggling to get kids the help they need, parental guilt and shame, mom rage, flexible education programs, balancing how we write about loved ones, changing names for privacy, showing the parts of us that are really cranky, wondering if we’re getting it wrong, beginning a memoir in MFA program, using a hybrid memoir form, placing work in literary journals, trusting our intuition and voice, staying true to our own style and vision, and her new memoir Henry’s Classroom: A “Special” Education in American Motherhood.
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Episode 223 ft. Louise Southerden
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Episode 222 ft. Anna Rollins
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