Show overview
Memoir Nation has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 266 episodes. That works out to roughly 180 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 35 min and 45 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 33 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner.
From the publisher
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 have sparked inspiration. Brooke and Grant bring to this weekly podcast their deeply held belief that everyone is a writer, and everyone’s story matters. Discover more about Memoir Nation at memoirnation.com.
Latest Episodes
View all 266 episodesRoxane Gay and Myriam Gurba on Refusing to Be Nice
Jose Antonio Vargas and Beth Macy on Memoir That Changes Culture
Kwame Alexander and E. Jean Carroll on the Power of Staying the Course
Roz Hernandez on the Freedom and Success of Not Being for Everyone
Emily Rapp Black on Writing the Hardest Things
Siri Hustvedt on Grief as Unrequited Love
Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman on the Importance of Indie Media (and Celebrating the Relaunch of “The Rumpus”)
Rosebud Baker on Tragedy + Time = Memoir
Beronda Montgomery on Memoir as Testimony
Ronit Plank on Memoir Advocacy
Eleni Sikelianos on How Subject Shapes Story
Beth Ann Fennelly on The Micro Memoir
Brandon Deyette on Writing in Another Voice
Ruth Reichl on Writing You Can Taste (and it’s our 400th episode!)
Gail Butensky and Grant Faulkner on Telling Stories to Photos
Courtney Kocak on Writing Openly About Sex
Caroline Paul on the Tension Between Obsession and Letting Go
Danielle Bainbridge on Defying the Formula to Find Your Form
Rich Benjamin on Writing a Memoir Centering Events That Transpired Before You Were Born
Alicia Jo Rabins on the Spiritual Memoir
For many, spirituality is a private inner journey filled with nuance and informed by culture, family of origin, life experiences both positive and negative, and much more. Guest Alicia Jo Rabins shares her own journey at the heart of her new memoir, When We’re Born We Forget Everything—one that started with a fairly typical secular Jewish suburban upbringing and later twists and turns through the spiritual, the sacred, and the mystical. Her memoir is a beautiful mosaic that invites readers to consider and contemplate their own understanding of the Divine. This week, inspired by Alicia Jo, Brooke and Grant do just that, in addition to talking about publishing’s relationship to spiritual (and religious) works. Alicia Jo Rabins a writer, musician, performer, and feminist Torah teacher. Her spiritual memoir, out on Schocken Books, is When We’re Born We Forget Everything. She is the author of four additional books, including the poetry collections Divinity School and Fruit Geode. As a songwriter, violinist and composer, Rabins tours internationally with Girls in Trouble, her indie-folk song cycle about women in Torah. Visit her at www.aliciajo.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.