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For the Love of MemoirCalling all memoir junkies! đď¸ This channel is dedicated to raw, honest conversations with memoir authors and industry insiders. We dig into the stories behind the storiesâwhat it takes to write them, survive them, and share them. Whether you're an aspiring writer or just love a good, real-life narrative, youâre in the right place. New episodes drop regularly. Subscribe and join the journeyđĽ Watch full interviews on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ForLoveOfMemoirđ˛ Follow us on Instagram: @ForLoveOfMemoirđŹ Share your favorite memoir with us here: 4theloveofmemoir@gma
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Signup to Generate a PitchFor the Love of MemoirCalling all memoir junkies! đď¸ 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, youâre in the right place.
For Love of Memoir is hosted by Erin Swanson. The show has published 33 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Kirsten OâConnor on Writing Through the Unthinkable" (4 October 2026, 57 minutes), "A Life Measured by Impact: Dr. Abraham George" (20 September 2026, 58 minutes), and "Jane Buyers: On Walking Away From Wall Street" (6 September 2026, 44 minutes).
For Love of Memoir publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 61 minutes across 33 episodes.
Booking probability for For Love of Memoir is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. For Love of Memoir requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. For Love of Memoir's contact route on record: verified email.
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Erin Swanson hosts For Love of Memoir, an arts show with 33 episodes published.
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After her daughter Kalia died by suicide at 24, Kirsten OâConnor began writing through the first year that followed. Those journals became The Year After Kalia, a memoir that combines lived experience, reflection, and...
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At eighteen, Dr. Abraham George survived a dynamite explosion while serving as an artillery officer in the Himalayas. The experience sharpened a question that would follow him through military service, graduate school...
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Jane Buyers was working four blocks from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Seven years later, she made the final margin call on Lehman Brothers as the financial system moved toward collapse. Those two...
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AI can help a memoirist find questions, test clarity, identify repetition, and surface possibilities. But what happens when it begins doing the writing itself?This week we meet Raven Petty, co-owner of Raven and Grace...
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What does it mean to finish a story someone else could no longer complete?In this episode, I sit down with William Holst to talk about completing his late mother Hinako Fujihara's final projectâa biography of acclaimed...
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What happens when you stop saying "I can't" and start asking "Maybe I can?" In this episode, I sit down with memoirist Debbie Weiss totalk about the mindset shift that changed the course of her life and inspiredher...
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What happens when the life you've worked so hard to build no longer feels like your own?Before becoming an author, Leah Johnson spent years building a successful career in politics, advocating for others and helping...
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In this episode of *For Love of Memoir*, Erin Swanson is joined by memoirist Matthew Kiell for a conversation about the fascinating challenge of writing from memory.Together, they explore the relationship between memory...
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This week, Iâm joined by John Borden, author of *Your Mindset Is Your Reality*, a memoir exploring the profound impact a psilocybin experience had on his understanding of himself and the world around him.John shares the...
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<p>In this episode of *For Love of Memoir*, Christie Green joins me to discuss her memoir *Moonlit Elk*.Part memoir, part exploration of instinct, identity, and the natural world, *Moonlit Elk* follows Christieâs...
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<p>In this episode of For Love of Memoir, Dan Williams joins me for a conversation about storytelling, memory, and the stories that shape identity across generations.</p><p>We talk about the role of oral storytelling in...
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<p>In this episode of For Love of Memoir, Angie Hawkins, author of Running in Slippers, shares the story behind her book and the experiences that shaped it.Running in Slippers traces what it looks like to keep moving...
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<p>In this episode of For Love of Memoir, Iâm joined by Janine Warfield, author of Becoming a Medium.Janine wasn't born a medium. She set out to learn it deliberately, treating it as a discipline rather than a belief...
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<p>In this episode of For Love of Memoir, Erin Swanson speaks with Christian Austin about his memoir Resilient: Childhood Adversity to Cambridge University.Christian shares his journey from abuse, trauma, addiction, and...
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<p>In this episode, we meet Catherine Crosby to discuss her book, Voices from Inside: A Memoir in Verse, a poetic memoir about dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder.As Catherine...
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<p>In this episode of For Love of Memoir, Iâm joined by Sue William Silverman, author of Selected Misdemeanors. Sue is one of the most authentic people Iâve ever met, and her way with language â especially metaphor â is...
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<p>In this episode of For Love of Memoir, Iâm joined by Maggie Doyne, author of Between the Mountain and the Sky.Maggieâs journey began when she was just a teenager on a gap year and encountered a young girl working in...
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<p>My conversation with Bill Hulseman dives into the heart of his memoir-in-essays, Six to Carry the Casket and One to Say the Mass â a powerful exploration of family, faith, queerness, and the complicated legacies we...
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<p><br></p><p>In this episode of For Love of Memoir, we meet Jeanne Krieg, author of Seeing Red: A Misfitâs Unapologetic Search to Be Used by Godâa raw memoir of spiritual restlessness, unexpected break-through, and a...
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<p></p><p>In this episode of For Love of Memoir, I sit down with psychologist and memoirist Diane Pomerantz, author of Lost in the Reflecting Pool.<br>We talk about what happens when the fairytale you thought you were...
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co-chair of MFA in Writing program, Vermont College of Fine Arts
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