memoir

Episode 682: Julie Fingersh

Episode 682: Julie Fingersh

Author and journalist Julie Fingersh joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her debut memoir Stay: A Story of Family, Love, and Other Traumas.

Episode 676: The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center

Episode 676: The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center

We recorded in-person interviews recently from The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center in downtown Reading, Mass., during the annual Reading Fall Street Faire. We chatted with course leads Nancy Parsons, Evea Raye, and Asa Sutton.

Episode 664: TK Joke With Chelsea Devantez

Episode 664: TK Joke With Chelsea Devantez

Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and filmmaker Chelsea Devantez joins Daniel Ford to chat about her memoir I Shouldn't Be Telling You This.

Episode 644: Garrard Conley, Author of All the World Beside

Episode 644: Garrard Conley, Author of All the World Beside

Garrard Conley, author of the memoir Boy Erased, talks to Daniel Ford about his debut novel All the World Beside.

Episode 639: Deborah Jackson Taffa, Author of Whiskey Tender

Episode 639: Deborah Jackson Taffa, Author of Whiskey Tender

Author Deborah Jackson Taffa joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her memoir Whiskey Tender.

Episode 573: Isaac Fitzgerald, Author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts

Episode 573: Isaac Fitzgerald, Author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts

Please enjoy the replay from our March 7 Crowdcast broadcast with Isaac Fitzgerald, author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, sponsored by Reading Public Library.

Episode 561: The Best Books of 2022

Episode 561: The Best Books of 2022

Daniel Ford shares our favorite books of the year.

Episode 495: James Tate Hill, Author of Blind Man's Bluff

Episode 495: James Tate Hill, Author of Blind Man's Bluff

Author James Tate Hill (Academy Gothic) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his memoir Blind Man's Bluff.

Episode 479: Louise Claire Johnson, Author of Behind the Red Door

Episode 479: Louise Claire Johnson, Author of Behind the Red Door

Author Louise Claire Johnson joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut Behind the Red Door.

Episode 426: Elizabeth Kadetsky, Author of The Memory Eaters

Episode 426: Elizabeth Kadetsky, Author of The Memory Eaters

Elizabeth Kadetsky, author of On the Island at the Center of the Center of the World and The Poison That Purifies You, chats with Daniel Ford about her Juniper Award-winning memoir The Memory Eaters.

Episode 365: Elliot Ackerman, Author of Places and Names

Episode 365: Elliot Ackerman, Author of Places and Names

Elliot Ackerman, author of Dark at the Crossing and Waiting for Eden, returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his new book Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning.

Episode 351: All the Lives We Ever Lived Author Katharine Smyth

Episode 351: All the Lives We Ever Lived Author Katharine Smyth

Author Katharine Smyth joins Rebecca Weston on today’s show to discuss her debut All the Lives We Ever Lived.

Episode 303: From the Corner of the Oval Author Beck Dorey-Stein

Episode 303: <i>From the Corner of the Oval</i> Author Beck Dorey-Stein

Beck Dorey-Stein, author of From the Corner of the Oval: A Memoir, talks to Daniel Ford about her time working as a White House stenographer.

Episode 265: Eat the Apple Author Matt Young

Episode 265: <i>Eat the Apple</i> Author Matt Young

Matt Young, author of Eat the Apple (out Feb. 27 from Bloomsbury USA), talks to Daniel Ford about his decision to write a memoir about his service with the Marines, his path to publication, and why aspiring writers need to read outside their preferred genres.