Let's Talk Memoir
Episode 3 ft. Christie Tate
Christie Tate joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the ethics of writing about groups therapy and ex-boyfriends, navigating writing anxiety, becoming a full-time writer, and why she never leaves a page blank.
Also in this episode:
- Networking with other writers
- Sex scenes
- What it’s like to be picked for Reese Witherspoon’s book club
Christie Tate is a writer and essayist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Carve Magazine, Cutbank, The New Ohio Review, McSweeney’s, and elsewhere. Her debut memoir, Group– How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life, was published in October 2020 and was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick.
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