Write-minded: Weekly inspiration for writers is currently in its fourth year. We’re a weekly podcast for writers who crave a unique blend of inspiration and real conversations about the ups and downs of being a writer. Hosted by Brooke Warner of She Writes and Grant Faulkner of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), each themed episode of Write-minded features an interview with an author, writer, or publishing industry professional.
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For our final summer review of our favorite shows, Write-minded has chosen Maggie Smith and Shze-Hui Tjoa, highlighting two shining stars of the memoir sphere who are taking the genre to new heights and presenting new ways of thinking about memoir. It’s an exciting time for memoir writers and memoir readers, and if you missed these two interviews the first time around – or even if you didn’t – you won’t want to miss the insights and inspiration from these two groundbreaking authors.
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Maggie Smith is the award-winning author of You could beautify this place, Good bones, The fountain speaks of its own poison, Lamp of the bodyand the national bestsellers Goldenrod And Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity and ChangeShe has published numerous articles, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Nation, The Best American Poetryand more.
Shze-Hui Tjoa is a Singaporean author living in the UK. She is a non-fiction editor at Sundog illuminatedand was previously editor of fiction at Exhibition reportHer work has been published in journals including Colorado Review, Southeast ReviewAnd So to speak. Her work has been supported by the Tin House Summer Workshop, the Vermont Studio Center, and AWP’s Writer to Writer Mentorship Program. Her first memoir The story game.
