Ep. 168 Hillary Plattner
About this episode
Hilary Plattner discusses her writing journey and the complexities of writing memoirs about family, including sensitive topics like family suicide.
Hilary Plattner is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her debut memoir, The Momma Puzzle , was shortlisted for the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards, and named a finalist for the Wandering Aengus and Trail to Table Book Awards. She holds an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University and has taught writing at The New School. Previously, she founded and directed Brooklyn Writers, a community-based writing program. Her writing has been published in numerous literary journals, including Allegro, Cider Press Review, Fence, GSU Review, Gulf Coast, Synkroniciti and The Ledge. Listen in as we discuss how to write memoir using records left behind by family members, as well as the difficult topic of writing about family suicide. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life . Read it, and begin your own journey to writing what you know. To learn more, join The Memoir Project free newsletter list and keep up to date on all our free webinars, instructive posts and online classes in how to write memoir , as well as our talented, available memoir editors and memoir coaches, podcast guests…
People in this episode
Host: Marion Roach Smith
Guest: Hilary Plattner
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Santa Fe Writers Project, The New School, Brooklyn Writers, Allegro, Cider Press Review, Fence, GSU Review, Gulf Coast, Synkroniciti, The Ledge
Books & works: The Momma Puzzle, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
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