Mothers who go missing and what’s ours to tell

Mothers who go missing and what’s ours to tell

Filmmaker Reed Harkness of Sam Now is my guest My latest guest on Let’s Talk Memoir is Reed Harkness whose new documentary is Sam Now which traces Reed and his younger brother Sam as they set off to find out why their mother has gone missing and uncover truths neither...
Episode 45: Season 2 Is Wrapped!

Episode 45: Season 2 Is Wrapped!

Let's Talk Memoir Episode 45: Season 2 Is Wrapped! In this episode of Let’s Talk Memoir, reflections on a few most-asked memoir questions, information on Season 3, and where to find Let’s Talk Memoir writing resources and updates while the show is on Summer hiatus....
Episode 44 ft. Reed Harkness

Episode 44 ft. Reed Harkness

Let's Talk Memoir Episode 44 ft. Reed Harkness Reed Harkness joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about a mother who goes missing, intergenerational trauma, moving into discomfort in service of truth-telling, what’s ours to tell, masculinity and brotherhood, the...
Episode 43 ft. Gayle Brandeis

Episode 43 ft. Gayle Brandeis

Let's Talk Memoir Episode 43 ft. Gayle Brandeis Gayle Brandeis joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about losing her mother to suicide and finding a way to write about it, her work across genres, leaning into what makes us unique on the page, trusting ourselves...
Episode 42 ft. Jennifer Lunden

Episode 42 ft. Jennifer Lunden

Let's Talk Memoir Episode 42 ft. Jennifer Lunden Jennifer Lunden joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her experience with ME/CFS and her new braided memoir American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who...