For Love of Memoir
For Love of Memoir
Podcast Description
For the Love of Memoir
Calling all memoir junkies! 🎙️ This channel is dedicated to raw, honest conversations with memoir authors and industry insiders. We dig into the stories behind the stories—what it takes to write them, survive them, and share them. Whether you're an aspiring writer or just love a good, real-life narrative, you’re in the right place. New episodes drop regularly. Subscribe and join the journey
🎥 Watch full interviews on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ForLoveOfMemoir
📲 Follow us on Instagram: @ForLoveOfMemoir
💬 Share your favorite memoir with us here: 4theloveofmemoir@gma
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Content Themes
The show focuses on themes surrounding personal storytelling, overcoming adversity, and the craft of writing memoirs with topics such as addiction recovery in memoirs, the emotional challenges of caregiving, and the cultural significance of voice reclamation evident in episodes with guests like Penny Hawkins Smith discussing the realities of death and Jane Wong exploring the struggles of immigration.
For the Love of Memoir
Calling all memoir junkies! 🎙️ This channel is dedicated to raw, honest conversations with memoir authors and industry insiders. We dig into the stories behind the stories—what it takes to write them, survive them, and share them. Whether you’re an aspiring writer or just love a good, real-life narrative, you’re in the right place. New episodes drop regularly. Subscribe and join the journey
🎥 Watch full interviews on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ForLoveOfMemoir
📲 Follow us on Instagram: @ForLoveOfMemoir
💬 Share your favorite memoir with us here: 4theloveofmemoir@gma
In this episode of For Love of Memoir, I’m joined by Sue William Silverman, author of Selected Misdemeanors. Sue is one of the most authentic people I’ve ever met, and her way with language — especially metaphor — is nothing short of genius.
She shares her story with radical honesty, taking us through her upbringing in a religious household, an early marriage, and a secret life shaped by shame, desire, and compulsive shoplifting. What unfolds is not scandal for spectacle’s sake, but a deeply reflective exploration of identity, secrecy, and what it costs to live divided lives.
Throughout our conversation, Sue uses metaphor as a kind of emotional compass, helping us navigate guilt, confession, and accountability with remarkable clarity and tenderness.
We talk about:
• Writing with unflinching truth
• The difference between guilt and shame
• Addiction, confession, and reckoning
• Memoir as a path toward self-understanding
A conversation about self-confrontation, compassion, and the courage it takes to finally tell the truth — first to yourself, and then to the world.
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