Let's Talk Memoir

Episode 46 ft. Abigail Thomas

Brooke Warner

Abigail Thomas joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the importance of curiosity, honesty, and vulnerability in our work, making our own rules on the page, her approach to writing and revision, the story she wasn’t sure how she’d tell, and her newest memoir Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing.

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Episode 267 ft. Patricia Knight Meyer

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Episode 266 ft. Amy Irvine

Episode 266 ft. Amy Irvine

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