Ronit Plank Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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books: memoir & short fiction • CNF editor: @thecitronreview • bylines: NYT, The Atlantic, WashPost, Writer’s Digest • host & prod: #LetsTalkMemoirPodcast

Mouths of Garden
Barbara Fant
@GuerillaMemoir @iambrianwatson @alainn_an @RebeccaJCuth @Sharla_R_Yates My desk has been abandoned since Wed when AWP began but I stacked up what I already had & some #AWP23 buys to show you @GuerillaMemoir books by @EasterLaurie, SOIL by Camille Dungy, @WSUPress’ THE LYRIC ESSAY AS RESISTANCE, & @SundressPub’ MOUTHS OF GARDEN by Barbara Fant 💫 https://t.co/yWpJA50GEl
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Nitty Gritty
Oluwadamilare Adedayo
I am so pleased to be able to share this interview @CharlotteHam504 invited me to do for @ReckonReview Thank you for your thoughtful questions! The Nitty Gritty: Home is a Made-Up Place by Ronit Plank, An Interview – Reckon Review https://t.co/dET3SBjkQv
Paperback, 2020
$5.50$2.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Home Is a Made-Up Place
Ronit Plank
I am a writing late bloomer which I got to talk about with the incomparable @CharlotteHam504 for this @ReckonReview interview about my new book #HomeIsAMadeUpPlace #litmag #WritingCommunity https://t.co/dET3SBiN0X
Paperback, 2023
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Widowish: A Memoir
Melissa Gould
Melissa Gould whose memoir WIDOWISH has been winning awards and now has over 6,000 reader reviews, was my guest on Let’s Talk Memoir for episode 7. https://t.co/gu6Ogq7IJv
Hardcover, 2021
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith
Congratulations to Maggie Smith on the success of YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL, her stunning memoir. I was fortunate to have an opportunity to interview @maggiesmithpoet for #LetsTalkMemoirPodcast Excerpt & link to the episode here: https://t.co/JXsWMzeR1G https://t.co/GeDIxxzFwM
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Promenade of Desire: A Barcelona Memoir
Isidra Mencos
Writing about sex, family secrets, and overcoming shame, in this episode of Let’s Talk Memoir. Thank you for sharing your experience writing PROMENADE OF DESIRE @isidramencos Loved our time together. https://t.co/kac1jH5XQ8
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home
S. L. Wisenberg
Thank you, @ubookstoresea and especially Edd, Milo, Elizabeth, and Randy for putting on this fun event for my new short story collection Home is a Made-Up Place and Sandi Wisenberg’s The Wandering Womb. Such a kind, warm crowd and great questions. 🎉 https://t.co/MPrRJq1B2a
Paperback, 2023
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Writers in Conversation Volume 5
Christopher Bigsby
Tomorrow, tomorrow 🎉 I’ll be part of Writers in Conversation with Laurel Peterson and Victoria Buitron, tomorrow at the Norwalk Public Library at 6:30. We’ll be talking about memoir, fiction, podcasting, the writing life. https://t.co/gw6ZlwFvI7 https://t.co/aB5z6Qxn1e
Paperback, 2013
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Not for Nothing: Glimpses into a Jersey Girlhood
Kathy Curto
Finding beauty even in the painful, accepting imperfection in our writing, the effect of time & distance in our work, & Kathy Curto’s memoir in micro essays Not for Nothing: Glimpses into a Jersey Girlhood on ep. 23 of Let’s Talk Memoir. @WritingInst https://t.co/odq1ae9Wsz
Paperback, 2018
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Daughter's Kaddish: My Year of Grief, Devotion, and Healing
Sarah Birnbach
Sarah Birnbach joins #LetsTalkMemoirPodcast for a conversation about publishing later in life and deciding how much to share about her painful relationship with her mother in her new memoir A Daughter’s Kaddish. #JudaismAndFeminism https://t.co/qwMu5cLQIC
Paperback, 2024
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book