In celebration of the memoir.
What can I say, I love knowing about strangers’ internal MIND journeys.
Hello wonderful members of the indomitable WEEKEND WATER substack!
In anticipation of the September podcast episode of STAY F. HOMEKINS coming at ya this Friday (that pesky second Friday of the month snuck up on ya, huh!), here is a wonderful episode of a pod called FEMINIST FREQUENCY RADIO, in which I got to have a wide ranging chat with host and writer Kat Spada last week.
What is this conversation about, you ask ? Some recently read, notable memoirs! WE LOVE THE DANG GENRE!!!
Hope you’ll have a listen while staying tuned for a BRAND NEW episode of the monthly, after-dinner conversation podcast, known forevermore as STAY F. HOMEKINS, with Janie (me) and eternal master of ceremonies of all podcasts near and far,
.And - in quick updating fashion: both entertainment unions the WGA and SAG-AFTRA are still on strike, therefore, we have BANKED our bonus recap podcast episodes of AND JUST LIKE THAT, as well as a bonus movie watchalong podcast episode - TO BE RELEASED AFTER OUR CONTRACTS GET SETTLED WITH OUR DISMAL CORPORATE OVERLORDS —
In addition, Paul is performing LIVE this very Sunday with the enormously talented Nicole Parker at Lodge Room in Highland Park (hope to see you there!), as well as planning more LIVE upcoming Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins shows in October in Brooklyn and November in Charleston, SC (check out his LIVE button above, right here on our WEEKEND WATER landing page- ha! I got you to visit our landing page, I’m sneaky like that, bookmark it BBs!)
In the meantime, thank you for being a part of this community. Since this post is about memoir, sound off in the comments below to share what memoir writing means to you? Do you like it, too? Think it’s for the birds? Maybe a particular memoir moved you a specific way and you’d like to share your experience . SO please weigh in! It’s fun!
Thank you and good day.
Exes and ohs,
Janie
I think the most recent memoir I read was Alex Trebek’s. He had Ken Jennings read most of it for the audiobook. It was fun to hear stories from someone I’ve always enjoyed seeing on tv but not knowing much about.
Oh and Bono’s audiobook was a treat. He was charming AF on that recording.
I’ve started listening to so many memoirs at your recommendation of the genre! Viola Davis is maybe my favorite so far and her reading of it was so good. I think I associate you so much with the genre now that I had a dream after reading Matthew Perry’s that he announced the two of you were dating. He was understandably excited and Paul was understandably sad :(