210 Episodes

  1. The Suburban Novel, featuring Tom Perrotta

    Published: 3/3/2025

  2. Infusing Mystery into Literary Fiction, featuring Jean Kwok

    Published: 2/24/2025

  3. How to Submit, featuring Dennis James Sweeney

    Published: 2/17/2025

  4. Why Scope Matters, featuring Tara Dorabji

    Published: 2/9/2025

  5. Writing Characters Your Readers Will Care About, featuring Sadeqa Johnson

    Published: 2/3/2025

  6. Writing Retreat Roundup, featuring Connie Hale and Ellen Sussman

    Published: 1/27/2025

  7. Creating the Heroes You Want to See in the World, featuring Lee Wind

    Published: 1/20/2025

  8. On the Merits of Not Letting the Past Stay in the Past, featuring Susan Lieu

    Published: 1/13/2025

  9. The Poem As Novel, featuring Forrest Gander

    Published: 1/6/2025

  10. The Counter Revolution to Resolutions Continues, featuring Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner

    Published: 12/30/2024

  11. In Defense of Unsatisfying Endings, featuring Zahid Rafiq

    Published: 12/16/2024

  12. Hybrid Writing for Hybrid Lives, featuring Faith Adiele

    Published: 12/9/2024

  13. Bringing Attention, Playfulness, and Surprise to Your Writing, featuring Jeannine Ouellette

    Published: 12/2/2024

  14. Drug Stories, featuring Emily Witt

    Published: 11/25/2024

  15. Embracing Contradiction, featuring Carvell Wallace

    Published: 11/18/2024

  16. The Art of Listening, featuring Elizabeth Rosner

    Published: 11/11/2024

  17. Centering Marginalized Characters in Your Fiction, featuring Barbara Ridley

    Published: 11/4/2024

  18. How Being Fascinated and Daunted Can Drive Your Writing, featuring Edwidge Danticat

    Published: 10/28/2024

  19. Optimism and Pessimism in Book Publishing—Because It’s Always Both, featuring Michael Castleman

    Published: 10/21/2024

  20. Writing as a Way to Champion People and Causes, featuring Maggie Tokuda-Hall

    Published: 10/14/2024

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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 Substackin’ at the end of each episode to talk about topics, ideas, trends, and writerly inspirations that Brooke and Grant are tracking in their weekly Substacks (Writerly Things and Intimations). 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.