Ronit Plank
@ronitplank.bsky.social
Stories save us 🧡
𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁/𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱: Let's Talk Memoir podcast🎙️ 𝗖𝗡𝗙 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿: The Citron Review • 𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀: WHEN SHE COMES BACK, HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE • Memoir teacher & editor • 𝗠𝗙𝗔 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, Pacific University
𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁/𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱: Let's Talk Memoir podcast🎙️ 𝗖𝗡𝗙 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿: The Citron Review • 𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀: WHEN SHE COMES BACK, HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE • Memoir teacher & editor • 𝗠𝗙𝗔 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, Pacific University
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:
www.pce.uw.edu/courses/memo...
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:
www.pce.uw.edu/courses/memo...
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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:
www.pce.uw.edu/courses/memo...
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:
www.pce.uw.edu/courses/memo...
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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open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
October 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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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open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
“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:
ronitplank.com/2025/09/30/l...
- Gina Tron
Listen here:
ronitplank.com/2025/09/30/l...
October 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“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:
ronitplank.com/2025/09/30/l...
- Gina Tron
Listen here:
ronitplank.com/2025/09/30/l...
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:
www.instagram.com/ronitplank?i...
Find fresh memoir advice, tools, and community at #LetsTalkMemoir podcast and Substack💥
Links at:
www.instagram.com/ronitplank?i...
September 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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:
www.instagram.com/ronitplank?i...
Find fresh memoir advice, tools, and community at #LetsTalkMemoir podcast and Substack💥
Links at:
www.instagram.com/ronitplank?i...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
September 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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.
open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
August 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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.
ronitplank.com/2025/08/19/l...
ronitplank.com/2025/08/19/l...
August 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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.
ronitplank.com/2025/08/19/l...
ronitplank.com/2025/08/19/l...
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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open.substack.com/live-stream/...?
August 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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!
open.substack.com/live-stream/...?
open.substack.com/live-stream/...?
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:
ronitplank.com/2025/08/07/l...
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:
ronitplank.com/2025/08/07/l...
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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:
ronitplank.com/2025/08/07/l...
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:
ronitplank.com/2025/08/07/l...
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 🎉
Please mark your calendar and join us for Building Community Throigh Creative Contributions 🎉
August 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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 🎉
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
booktrib.com/2025/07/31/t...
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
booktrib.com/2025/07/31/t...
August 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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
booktrib.com/2025/07/31/t...
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
booktrib.com/2025/07/31/t...
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!
ronitplank.com/2025/07/31/l...
Thank you, Natasha for being my guest!
ronitplank.com/2025/07/31/l...
July 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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!
ronitplank.com/2025/07/31/l...
Thank you, Natasha for being my guest!
ronitplank.com/2025/07/31/l...
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...
@kategies.bsky.social
Here’s the episode: ronitplank.com/2025/07/08/l...
July 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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...
@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!
ronitplank.com/2025/07/08/l...
- @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!
ronitplank.com/2025/07/08/l...
July 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"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!
ronitplank.com/2025/07/08/l...
- @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!
ronitplank.com/2025/07/08/l...
Jennifer Pastiloff is my guest, her new book is PROOF OF LIFE!
Our full interview here:
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Our full interview here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
July 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Jennifer Pastiloff is my guest, her new book is PROOF OF LIFE!
Our full interview here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Our full interview here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
June 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I loved this conversation with @nikostratis.com about her new book THE DAD ROCK THAT MADE ME A WOMAN.
Also in this episode: processing adolescence, giving humanity to even the difficult people, and making peace with the past you can’t change.
ronitplank.com/2025/06/26/l...
Also in this episode: processing adolescence, giving humanity to even the difficult people, and making peace with the past you can’t change.
ronitplank.com/2025/06/26/l...
June 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I loved this conversation with @nikostratis.com about her new book THE DAD ROCK THAT MADE ME A WOMAN.
Also in this episode: processing adolescence, giving humanity to even the difficult people, and making peace with the past you can’t change.
ronitplank.com/2025/06/26/l...
Also in this episode: processing adolescence, giving humanity to even the difficult people, and making peace with the past you can’t change.
ronitplank.com/2025/06/26/l...
I’m so very pleased to share my interview with Alyson Shelton and Lynn Shattuck co-editors of the new book THE LOSS OF A LIFETIME, out today.
Congratulations to you both and to all of your contributors!
Listen to this full episode here:
ronitplank.com/2025/06/17/l...
Congratulations to you both and to all of your contributors!
Listen to this full episode here:
ronitplank.com/2025/06/17/l...
June 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I’m so very pleased to share my interview with Alyson Shelton and Lynn Shattuck co-editors of the new book THE LOSS OF A LIFETIME, out today.
Congratulations to you both and to all of your contributors!
Listen to this full episode here:
ronitplank.com/2025/06/17/l...
Congratulations to you both and to all of your contributors!
Listen to this full episode here:
ronitplank.com/2025/06/17/l...
Using the Tools of Fiction to Move Readers
- @maureenstanton.bsky.social is my guest on this episode of Let’s Talk Memoir!
In this conversation: bad first drafts, authenticity on the page, writing a love story, and her new memoir The Murmur of Everything Moving.
ronitplank.com/2025/06/10/l...
- @maureenstanton.bsky.social is my guest on this episode of Let’s Talk Memoir!
In this conversation: bad first drafts, authenticity on the page, writing a love story, and her new memoir The Murmur of Everything Moving.
ronitplank.com/2025/06/10/l...
June 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Using the Tools of Fiction to Move Readers
- @maureenstanton.bsky.social is my guest on this episode of Let’s Talk Memoir!
In this conversation: bad first drafts, authenticity on the page, writing a love story, and her new memoir The Murmur of Everything Moving.
ronitplank.com/2025/06/10/l...
- @maureenstanton.bsky.social is my guest on this episode of Let’s Talk Memoir!
In this conversation: bad first drafts, authenticity on the page, writing a love story, and her new memoir The Murmur of Everything Moving.
ronitplank.com/2025/06/10/l...
I’m so pleased to share my interview with Michelle Yang
who joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her new memoir, out today, PHOENIX GIRL: HOW A FAT ASIAN WITH BIPOLAR FOUND LOVE
Happy pub day, Michelle!! ❤️
Here’s the episode:
ronitplank.com/2025/05/06/l...
who joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her new memoir, out today, PHOENIX GIRL: HOW A FAT ASIAN WITH BIPOLAR FOUND LOVE
Happy pub day, Michelle!! ❤️
Here’s the episode:
ronitplank.com/2025/05/06/l...
May 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’m so pleased to share my interview with Michelle Yang
who joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her new memoir, out today, PHOENIX GIRL: HOW A FAT ASIAN WITH BIPOLAR FOUND LOVE
Happy pub day, Michelle!! ❤️
Here’s the episode:
ronitplank.com/2025/05/06/l...
who joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about her new memoir, out today, PHOENIX GIRL: HOW A FAT ASIAN WITH BIPOLAR FOUND LOVE
Happy pub day, Michelle!! ❤️
Here’s the episode:
ronitplank.com/2025/05/06/l...
It’s almost here!
April’s newsletter will be out this week and as always you can sign up for free.
This month I’m talking about memory, truth, and memoir and the strange thing that happened while I was writing about an ex-boyfriend.
Sign up here: open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
April’s newsletter will be out this week and as always you can sign up for free.
This month I’m talking about memory, truth, and memoir and the strange thing that happened while I was writing about an ex-boyfriend.
Sign up here: open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
April 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s almost here!
April’s newsletter will be out this week and as always you can sign up for free.
This month I’m talking about memory, truth, and memoir and the strange thing that happened while I was writing about an ex-boyfriend.
Sign up here: open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
April’s newsletter will be out this week and as always you can sign up for free.
This month I’m talking about memory, truth, and memoir and the strange thing that happened while I was writing about an ex-boyfriend.
Sign up here: open.substack.com/pub/ronitpla...
It’s my pleasure to share my conversation with @paullisicky.bsky.social who joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about falling outside the container of what’s expected, Joni Mitchell, and his new book SONG SO WILD AND BLUE.
🎧 here:
ronitplank.com/2025/04/01/l...
🎧 here:
ronitplank.com/2025/04/01/l...
April 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It’s my pleasure to share my conversation with @paullisicky.bsky.social who joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about falling outside the container of what’s expected, Joni Mitchell, and his new book SONG SO WILD AND BLUE.
🎧 here:
ronitplank.com/2025/04/01/l...
🎧 here:
ronitplank.com/2025/04/01/l...
Panel and book signing this Saturday at theSan Diego Writers Festival! If you’re in the Coronado area please come by. 🧡
This festival is free!
I’ll be moderating Daughters of Memoir:Healing Intergenerational Trauma featuring
sandiegowritersfestival.com
This festival is free!
I’ll be moderating Daughters of Memoir:Healing Intergenerational Trauma featuring
sandiegowritersfestival.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Panel and book signing this Saturday at theSan Diego Writers Festival! If you’re in the Coronado area please come by. 🧡
This festival is free!
I’ll be moderating Daughters of Memoir:Healing Intergenerational Trauma featuring
sandiegowritersfestival.com
This festival is free!
I’ll be moderating Daughters of Memoir:Healing Intergenerational Trauma featuring
sandiegowritersfestival.com
Thank you Let’s Talk Memoir podcast listeners! We’re making the Apple podcast book charts ✨🎉
March 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thank you Let’s Talk Memoir podcast listeners! We’re making the Apple podcast book charts ✨🎉
If you aren’t at a writing conference this weekend but could use a warm writerly hug, my new interview with Maggie Smith is now up on YouTube.✨
Links to watch or listen to this episode of are here:
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Links to watch or listen to this episode of are here:
linktr.ee/RonitPlank
March 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you aren’t at a writing conference this weekend but could use a warm writerly hug, my new interview with Maggie Smith is now up on YouTube.✨
Links to watch or listen to this episode of are here:
linktr.ee/RonitPlank
Links to watch or listen to this episode of are here:
linktr.ee/RonitPlank