How to Write a Memoir When You Don’t Remember Everything (Memory, Trauma & Emotional Truth) with Sue William Silverman
About this episode
The episode features a conversation with Sue William Silverman about writing memoirs when memories are fragmented or difficult to access.
Send us Fan Mail What do you do when the memory you need most for your memoir is the one you can’t quite reach? You listen to this week’s guest, Sue William Silverman. Sue is the award-winning author of nine works of nonfiction and poetry and co-chair of the MFA in Writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She joined me for a deeply honest, craft conversation about what to do when you can’t remember, how to work with fragmented memory, how to use structure, voice, and sensory detail to...
People in this episode
Host: Lisa Cooper Ellison
Guest: Sue William Silverman
Topics covered
- memoir writing
- memory
- trauma
- emotional truth
- craft conversation
Keywords
- memoir
- writing
- memory
- trauma
- emotional truth
- craft
- Sue William Silverman
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Vermont College of Fine Arts
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