Let's Talk Memoir with Ronit Plank & Guests

Let’s Talk Memoir is a podcast for memoir lovers, readers and writers, featuring interviews with memoirists about their writing process, their challenges, and what they’ve learned about sharing the most personal of narratives. Hosted by writer, speaker, and memoirist Ronit Plank, each episode of this limited series highlights different aspects of the memoir writing experience, writing tips, and inspiration.

THIS WEEK ON 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. Thank you to Season 2’s generous guests for your insight and clarity, and to the listeners who make this show so rewarding to make. Grateful for your incredible support!

About The Host

Ronit’s essays and fiction have been featured in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, The Iowa Review, The Washington Post, Writer’s Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in both the 2021 Best Book Awards and the 2021 Book of the Year Award and a 2021 Best True Crime Book by Book Riot. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts’ 2020 Eludia Award and will be published in 2022. She is host and producer of the podcasts And Then Everything Changed and The Body Myth.

More about WHEN SHE COMES BACK, a memoir.

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OTHER EPISODES

Let’s Talk Memoir – Episode 44 ft. Reed Harkness

Let’s Talk Memoir – Episode 43 ft. Gayle Brandeis

Let’s Talk Memoir – Episode 42 ft. Jennifer Lunden

Let’s Talk Memoir – Episode 41 ft. Camille T. Dungy

Let’s Talk Memoir – Episode 40 ft. Sarah Birnbach

Let’s Talk Memoir – Episode 39 ft. Candace Cahill

Let’s Talk Memoir – Episode 38 ft. Maggie Smith

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 22 ft. Erika Bornman

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 21 ft. Sandi Wisenberg

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 20 ft. Stacey Freeman

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 19 ft. Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 18 ft. Debbie Weiss

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 17 ft. Laura Cathcart Robbins

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 16 ft. Suzanne Roberts

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 15 ft. Felicia Thai Heath

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 14 ft. Vincent Paterson and Amy Tofte

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 13 ft. Maria Giura

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 12 ft. Buick Audra

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 11 ft. Beth Kephart

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 10 ft. Lori L. Tharps

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 9 ft. Allison K. Williams

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 8 ft. Kathy Curto

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 7 ft. Laura Davis

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 6 ft. the Waterfield Sisters

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 5 ft. John Ross Bowie

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 4 ft. Isidra Mencos

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 3 ft. Jamie Gehring

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 2 ft. Lily Dunn

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2, Episode 1 ft. Sonya Huber

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 2 Launching Soon

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 15 ft. Dr. Virginia Campbell

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 15 ft. Dr. Virginia Campbell

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 14 ft. Phillip Lopate (Main)

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 14 ft. Phillip Lopate

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 13 ft. Judy Bolton-Fasman (Main)

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 13 ft. Judy Bolton-Fasman

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 12 ft. Laura Davis

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 12 ft. Laura Davis

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 11 ft. Paulette Perhach

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 11 ft. Paulette Perhach

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 10 ft. Kelly Sundberg (Main)

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 10 ft. Kelly Sundberg

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 9 ft. Debi Lewis

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 9 ft. Debi Lewis

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 8 ft. Jane Friedman

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 8 ft. Jane Friedman

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 7 ft. Melissa Gould (Main)

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 7 ft. Melissa Gould

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 6 ft. Meg Weber

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 6 ft. Meg Weber

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 5 ft. Andrea Ross

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 5 ft. Andrea Ross

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 4 ft. Ellen Blum Barish

Let's Talk Memoir - Season 1, Episode 4 ft. Ellen Blum Barish

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 3 ft. Christie Tate

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 2 ft. Jeannine Ouellette

Let’s Talk Memoir – Season 1, Episode 1 ft. Debra Gwartney

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

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ABOUT RONIT

Learn more about Ronit Plank’s story here.

I’m a writer, podcaster, teacher, and storyteller. Some of my work has been published in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The HuffPost, and The Rumpus, but for a complete list of links please visit my Published Works page.

My passion is learning how someone else has lived or survived or has come to understand something about themselves. I love the way stories–whether fiction or nonfiction or interviews–bridge vastly different lived experiences and help connect those who might not otherwise have found each other. Listening to someone tell you their truth and being able to share your own can be the glue that keeps us together and seen and supported.

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