Ronit Plank

Telling Our Stories, Fighting for Joy Memoir writing resources, submission calls, and a class

Telling Our Stories, Fighting for Joy: My Let’s Talk Memoir November Substack is here with memoir writing resources, submission calls, holiday gift ideas, and a class.🎉

Read it here:

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I’ve got a new online memoir class forming now!

You can check out this offering here: www.pce.uw.edu/courses/memo...

Let's Talk Memoir | Ronit Plank | Substack Welcome to Let's Talk Memoir where you can find the latest on Let's Talk Memoir podcast, my upcoming workshops, memoir writing tools & encouragement, & support for memoirists at all stages of the mem...

November’s Let’s Talk Memoir Substack will be out tomorrow and there’s no paywall to subscribe.🎉

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I’m very pleased to share my conversation with Edgar Gomez
who joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about his memoir ALLIGATOR TEARS and writing about others with nuance and complexity.

Thank you so much for being my guest, Edgar!

Here is the complete episode:

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Registration is open!

My 10-week online class Memoir Writing: Finding Your Story begins 3.30.26 💥

Class meets: March 30-June 8

6pm-9pm PT through the University of Washington Continuing Education.

Registration/info here:

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What will you do with your story? This is a big one - buckle up

Readers will appreciate your memoir not because of the situation you survived which countless humans have also lived through, but because of the meaning you make from it and the universal in what you capture.

A fresh Let’s Talk Memoir Substack:
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What will you do with your story? This is a big one - buckle up

What will you do with your story?
My October Substack is here with answers to questions about finding the singularity in our memoir manuscript, considering publishing options, and a new class offering!

Buckle up, this is a big one.💥

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Let's Talk Memoir | Ronit Plank | Substack Welcome to Let's Talk Memoir where you can find the latest on Let's Talk Memoir podcast, my upcoming workshops, memoir writing tools & encouragement, & support for memoirists at all stages of the mem...

I’m nearly ready to post October’s Let’s Talk Memoir Substack. You can subscribe and share with your for memoir writing friends for free here:

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A joy to be able to talk with you, Camille. Your voice, your words, your willingness to delve and unearth made this interview illuminating, affirming and so very crafty. Thank you for being my guest.🧡🧡🧡
Can’t wait to share our conversation!

What good fortune to get to talk with @suewsilverman.bsky.social on Let’s Talk Memoir about flash essays, metaphor, and her newest book SELECTED MISDEMEANORS.

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Loved talking with you, Gina!

Thank you so much @ronitplank.bsky.social for having me on Let's Talk Memoir and for all your very thoughtful questions.

Episode available on all major podcast platforms.

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“I FEEL LIKE I’VE BEEN OVERLY FAIR. I COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LESS FAIR BUT I’D RATHER GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE GRACE THAN MAYBE EVEN THEY DESERVE SOMETIMES.”
- Gina Tron

Listen here:

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A pleasure to interview @mfraterrigo.bsky.social on Let’s Talk Memoir about her new collection out now with @univnebpress.bsky.social

Memoir is not just the story of what happened to you but what you make of what happened to you and why it still gnaws at you now.

Find fresh memoir advice, tools, and community at #LetsTalkMemoir podcast and Substack💥

Links at:
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Each of us approach writing differently and there is no one right way to get your story on the page.

While you’re doing this demanding & exhilarating work, find memoir writing advice, tools, @ support on my Let’s Talk Memoir Substack & Let’s Talk Memoir podcast.

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Thank you for being my guest, Sarah! I’m happy we had this time together.

Episode 199 ft. Sarah Boon Sarah Boon joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about allowing elements of a memoir to reveal themselves, radical acceptance of what we need as a writer and what we can feasibly accomplish with ...

I had a great chat with @ronitplank.bsky.social about my new book. We talked about the craft of science memoir, the difficulties of writing with a mental illness, and the joys of fieldwork. ronitplank.com/2025/09/04/l... @ualbertapress.bsky.social

Episode 194 ft. Nina B. Lichtenstein Nina B. Lichtenstein joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about writing to metabolize, using body parts as portals, pivoting from academic writing to memoir, discovering an authentic writer’s vo...

It is not about blame or anger, but really it is about discovery.”
- @Nina B. Lichtenstein

You can listen to my conversation with Ninaon Let’s Talk Memoir here:

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Nina’s new memoir is BODY: My Life in Parts!

Memoir swag and gratitude coming in hot!🧡

Here’s more information:

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Memoir freebies, gratitude, and a celebration Let’s Talk Memoir is nearing 200 episodes!

Memoir freebies, Substack Lives, and a 200th episode celebration.✨🧡

My Substack newsletter for August is here!

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I’m thrilled to share my interview with Sonita Alizada who joins Let’s Talk Memoir podcast for a conversation about surviving the Taliban, fighting against child marriage, and her new memoir SONITA: My Fight Against Tyranny and My Escape to Freedom.

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I had a great time talking with @leahpaulos.bsky.social of @bookprschool.bsky.social on Let’s Talk Memoir!

Next Friday 8/22 at noon PT, @summerjar.bsky.social joins me on Substack Live for Taking Care of Yourself When Writing and Talking About Trauma, the second in my 200 episodes of Let's Talk Memoir celebration series!

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THE MOST HONEST, BRAVE, AND TRUE THING YOU CAN SAY featuring my guest Amber Rae is here!

We talk about here new memoir LOVEABLE facing both old and new shame, compassionate understanding, learning how to mother ourselves and more. Here’s the episode:

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More Tension in Memoir? Yes, Please! Heighten the Stakes in Memoir by Rendering Complex Relationships in Complex Ways

Those we include in our memoirs and how we interact with them can be a map to our narrative arcs.

More on this below.🧡
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This Friday Alyson Shelton and I are hosting an Instagram live at noon Pacific time/3 PM Eastern time!

Please mark your calendar and join us for Building Community Throigh Creative Contributions 🎉

Thank you, @booktrib.bsky.social & Kendall Farris for this Let’s Talk Memoir recommendation! You’ve made my summer.🎉

I’m thrilled to be in the company of these other fierce literary podcasts.

Too Hot to Think? These Book Podcasts Pick the Reads So You Don’t Have To

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I’m so pleased to share my interview with Natasha Williams who joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her new memoir THE PARTS OF HIM I KEPT: The Gifts of My Father’s Madness.

Thank you, Natasha for being my guest!

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More Tension in Memoir? Yes, Please! Heighten the Stakes in Memoir by Rendering Complex Relationships in Complex Ways

It is the other characters bumping up against the character-I as well as the character-I’s outlook and belief system that help propel a memoir and make it a page-turner.

My new Substack “More Tension in Memoir? Yes, Please!” is out now.

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