Ronit Plank

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💥

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

More Tension in Memoir? Yes, Please!

My July Substack is here featuring:

•Upcoming classes and events
•Building complex relationships on memoir
•A close look at 3 excerpts
•Tips for your own exploration

Reading and subscribing are free:

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Let's Talk Memoir | Ronit Plank | Substack Welcome to the Let's Talk Memoir community! This is the place for the latest on Let's Talk Memoir podcast, upcoming workshops, memoir writing tools and encouragement, and support for memoirists at all...

I’m finishing up July’s Let’s Talk Memoir Substack right now featuring:

•Part 2 of tension in memoir

•upcoming memoir LIVE conversations

•classes and events

✨Subscribing is free ✨

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Episode 184 ft. Dr. Stacey Hettes Dr. Stacey Hettes joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about therapeutic writing and how she crafted a memoir about childhood sexual abuse without revictimizing herself, metabolizing childhood t...

Writing about childhood sexual abuse without reliving it on this episode of Let’s Talk Memoir featuring @staceyhettes.bsky.social

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Thank you for sharing! 🙏🏻

Rewriting a Story About Medical Trauma: Kate Gies joins me on Let’s Talk Memoir.🧡

@kategies.bsky.social

Here’s the episode: ronitplank.com/2025/07/08/l...

"WHEN YOU'RE WRITING ABOUT YOURSELF AND ABOUT YOUR LIFE, PRACTICE SELF-COMPASSION, IT WILL SAVE YOU."

- @kategies.bsky.social

In this episode of LET’S TALK MEMOIR Kate Gies’ new memoir IT MUST BE BEAUTIFUL TO BE FINISHED

Thank you, Kate, for being my guest!

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Jennifer Pastiloff is my guest, her new book is PROOF OF LIFE!

Our full interview here:

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ADHD writers, this one is for you!

Stop Drowning in Drafts hosted by
Paulette Perhach & Lindsay Scola
- 2 neurodivergent writers who’ve lived the struggle & finally found a way through.

🗓️ 7/9 at 1:30pm ET
🎟️ Free, live, & ADHD-friendly

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Here’s this lovely piece by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in our @thecitronreview.bsky.social pages!

Thank you for this beautiful work, Mizuki!