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Memoir Nation: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is an extension of the Memoir Nation community hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, two friends and colleagues who bring a community-minded sensibility to the writing journey. Originally launched as Write-minded in 2018, this is a weekly writing podcast that focuses on memoir and personal writing, as well as industry trends and tips and resources for writers and authors. Memoir Nation features a segment called Book Alley at the end of each episode to talk about recent memoirs that authors have sent Brooke and Grant, or memoirs they've discovered that are thought provoking or ha...

Making Art from Your Life, featuring Jeannine Ouellette

52 mins; February 06, 2023

Making Art from Your Life, featuring Jeannine Ouellette

51 mins; February 06, 2023

The Art of Revision, featuring Peter Ho Davies

38 mins; January 30, 2023

The Art of Revision, featuring Peter Ho Davies

36 mins; January 30, 2023

True Inclusion in Book Publishing, featuring Rebekah Borucki

44 mins; January 23, 2023

True Inclusion in Book Publishing, featuring Rebekah Borucki

43 mins; January 23, 2023

Discipline and the Writing Life, featuring Adriana Trigiani

43 mins; January 16, 2023

Discipline and the Writing Life, featuring Adriana Trigiani

41 mins; January 16, 2023

Saving Reading, featuring Andrew Limbong

41 mins; January 09, 2023

Saving Reading, featuring Andrew Limbong

42 mins; January 09, 2023

Getting Reinspired, Again, with Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner

16 mins; January 02, 2023

Getting Reinspired, Again, with Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner

16 mins; January 02, 2023

Having Fun with Book and Amazon Marketing, featuring Dave Chesson

42 mins; December 19, 2022

Having Fun with Book and Amazon Marketing, featuring Dave Chesson

36 mins; December 19, 2022

A New Take on Climate Fiction, featuring Aya de León

38 mins; December 12, 2022

A New Take on Climate Fiction, featuring Aya de León

36 mins; December 12, 2022

No Wasted Words, featuring Sarah Manguso

49 mins; December 05, 2022

No Wasted Words, featuring Sarah Manguso

48 mins; December 05, 2022

Unexpected Creative Intersections and Influences, featuring Angie Cruz

43 mins; November 28, 2022

Unexpected Creative Intersections and Influences, featuring Angie Cruz

41 mins; November 28, 2022

Radical Fiction Packaged as a Trojan Horse, featuring Xochitl Gonzalez

42 mins; November 21, 2022

Radical Fiction Packaged as a Trojan Horse, featuring Xochitl Gonzalez

40 mins; November 21, 2022

Writing Racial Dynamics in YA fiction, featuring David Yoon

41 mins; November 14, 2022

Writing Racial Dynamics in YA fiction, featuring David Yoon

39 mins; November 14, 2022

The Writer’s Ego, featuring Steve Almond

38 mins; November 07, 2022

The Writer’s Ego, featuring Steve Almond

40 mins; November 07, 2022

Craft-minded series: Trusting the Craft You Already Know, featuring Andrea Bartz

43 mins; October 31, 2022

Craft-minded series: Trusting the Craft You Already Know, featuring Andrea Bartz

42 mins; October 31, 2022

Craft-minded series: How or Whether to Evolve Your Aesthetic or Style, featuring Lan Samantha Chang

42 mins; October 24, 2022

Craft-minded series: How or Whether to Evolve Your Aesthetic or Style, featuring Lan Samantha Chang

42 mins; October 24, 2022

Craft-minded series: Reflection as a Way to Make Meaning in Memoir, featuring Prince Shakur

43 mins; October 17, 2022

Craft-minded series: Reflection as a Way to Make Meaning in Memoir, featuring Prince Shakur

42 mins; October 17, 2022

Craft-minded series: Placing Yourself in Broader Historical Contexts, featuring Danyel Smith

44 mins; October 10, 2022

Craft-minded series: Placing Yourself in Broader Historical Contexts, featuring Danyel Smith

44 mins; October 10, 2022

Craft-minded series: Writing "Imaginative Fiction," featuring Jeff VanderMeer

31 mins; October 03, 2022

Craft-minded series: Writing "Imaginative Fiction," featuring Jeff VanderMeer

32 mins; October 03, 2022

Craft-minded series: Craft as Shaper of Story, featuring Morgan Talty

29 mins; September 26, 2022

Craft-minded series: Craft as Shaper of Story, featuring Morgan Talty

28 mins; September 26, 2022

Craft-minded series: Characterization, featuring A.M. Homes

46 mins; September 19, 2022

Craft-minded series: Characterization, featuring A.M. Homes

45 mins; September 19, 2022

How to Have an Opinion in Memoir, featuring Mychal Denzel Smith

38 mins; September 12, 2022

How to Have an Opinion in Memoir, featuring Mychal Denzel Smith

40 mins; September 12, 2022

On Writing and Selling Trauma, featuring Stephanie Foo

40 mins; September 05, 2022

On Writing and Selling Trauma, featuring Stephanie Foo

38 mins; September 05, 2022

How to Follow Your Passions When the Creative Expression Feels Elusive, featuring Charlie Jane Anders and Azar Nafisi

31 mins; August 29, 2022

How to Follow Your Passions When the Creative Expression Feels Elusive, featuring Charlie Jane Anders and Azar Nafisi

33 mins; August 29, 2022

Emotional Expression Is as Scary and Important as You Think It Is, featuring Erica Jong and Lilly Dancyger

35 mins; August 22, 2022

Emotional Expression Is as Scary and Important as You Think It Is, featuring Erica Jong and Lilly Dancyger

33 mins; August 22, 2022

Using Subtext and Omission to Achieve More by Writing Less, featuring EJ Koh and Charmaine Wilkerson

37 mins; August 15, 2022

Using Subtext and Omission to Achieve More by Writing Less, featuring EJ Koh and Charmaine Wilkerson

39 mins; August 15, 2022

For the Love of Fantasy, featuring Kwame Mbalia and Namina Forna

40 mins; August 08, 2022

For the Love of Fantasy, featuring Kwame Mbalia and Namina Forna

38 mins; August 08, 2022

Writing Intimate Truths, featuring Ashley C. Ford and Melissa Febos

38 mins; August 01, 2022

Writing Intimate Truths, featuring Ashley C. Ford and Melissa Febos

37 mins; August 01, 2022

The Collaborative Force of Anthologies, featuring Stephanie Raffelock

40 mins; July 25, 2022

The Collaborative Force of Anthologies, featuring Stephanie Raffelock

38 mins; July 25, 2022

Straddling Lusciousness and Social Consciousness in Romance, featuring Angelina Lopez

37 mins; July 18, 2022

Straddling Lusciousness and Social Consciousness in Romance, featuring Angelina Lopez

35 mins; July 18, 2022

Executing Funny in Memoir with One of the Most Celebrated Cartoonists of Our Time, featuring David Sipress

30 mins; July 11, 2022

Executing Funny in Memoir with One of the Most Celebrated Cartoonists of Our Time, featuring David Sipress

28 mins; July 11, 2022

Genre-Blending and Bending, featuring Barbara Graham

35 mins; July 04, 2022

Genre-Blending and Bending, featuring Barbara Graham

33 mins; July 04, 2022

Making and Finding Meaning, featuring Kathryn Schulz

37 mins; June 27, 2022

Making and Finding Meaning, featuring Kathryn Schulz

35 mins; June 27, 2022

The Power of Omission, featuring Charmaine Wilkerson

38 mins; June 20, 2022

The Power of Omission, featuring Charmaine Wilkerson

36 mins; June 20, 2022

Changing Your Life Story, featuring Linda Holmes

35 mins; June 13, 2022

Changing Your Life Story, featuring Linda Holmes

33 mins; June 13, 2022

Writing from Inside Your Industry, featuring Zakiya Dalila Harris

43 mins; June 06, 2022

Writing from Inside Your Industry, featuring Zakiya Dalila Harris

43 mins; June 06, 2022

Writing from Inside Your Industry, featuring Zakiya Dalila Harris

43 mins; June 06, 2022

Reading Dangerously, featuring Azar Nafisi

38 mins; May 30, 2022

Reading Dangerously, featuring Azar Nafisi

38 mins; May 30, 2022

Reading Dangerously, featuring Azar Nafisi

39 mins; May 30, 2022

Imagining and Reconstructing in Memoir, featuring Julie Metz

37 mins; May 23, 2022

The Skinny on Book Coaching, featuring Jennie Nash

37 mins; May 16, 2022

Writing with Sensuality, featuring Leesa Cross-Smith

32 mins; May 09, 2022

Writing What Terrifies You, featuring Ashley Woodfolk

33 mins; May 02, 2022

Helping Books Remain a Vital Part of Our Culture, featuring Andy Hunter

36 mins; April 25, 2022

Moral Ambiguity in Fiction, featuring Quentin Lee

27 mins; April 18, 2022

All About Book Festivals, featuring Cherilyn Parsons

32 mins; April 11, 2022

Setting Stories Free, featuring Caits Meissner and T Kira Madden

47 mins; April 04, 2022

Probing the Line Between Insanity and Art, featuring Lee Kravetz

42 mins; March 28, 2022

Tough-Love Marketing, featuring M.J. Rose

42 mins; March 21, 2022

How We Think about Anger on the Page, featuring Lilly Dancyger

37 mins; March 14, 2022

Can Writing Be Taught? featuring Lisa Stringfellow

36 mins; March 07, 2022

How We Think and Write about Intimate Experiences, featuring Melissa Febos

44 mins; February 28, 2022

The Art of Writing Forgiveness, featuring Ashley C. Ford

41 mins; February 21, 2022

Writing to Make the World a Better Place, featuring Parker J. Palmer

47 mins; February 14, 2022

The Drama of Friendships, featuring Jean Chen Ho

40 mins; February 07, 2022

Research Is Not Just for Facts, featuring Margaret Verble

36 mins; January 31, 2022

Out in the Open about Erotica, featuring Rachel Kramer Bussel

38 mins; January 24, 2022

Risk It Like You Mean It, featuring Angela Engel

43 mins; January 17, 2022

Borrowing from Mythic Structures, with Michelle Ruiz Keil

34 mins; January 10, 2022

The Gift of Multitudes of Perspectives, featuring Farah Ali

34 mins; January 03, 2022

Ringing in the New Year with Book-to-Film Recs!

12 mins; December 27, 2021

Conviction—When You Know Your Story Resonates, featuring Alka Joshi

39 mins; December 13, 2021

Fear and Desire, featuring Erica Jong

29 mins; December 06, 2021

Migration as an Essential Shared Story, featuring Shanthi Sekaran

33 mins; November 29, 2021

Challenging Your Perspective on the Journey to Getting Published, featuring Bella Mahaya Carter

33 mins; November 22, 2021

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