Write, Memory

This week on In Other Words, guest host Stephanie Dickison interviewed editor and workshop leader Allyson Latta about the ins and outs of working with memoir. You can download the broadcast here:

In Other Words November 17 2009 - Part 1
In Other Words November 17 2009 - Part 2

Stephanie Dickison is a journalist, columnist, essayist and cultural critic who has published hundreds of articles, interviews, essays, columns, profiles, features and reviews. Her most recent book is The 30-Second Commute: A Non-Fiction Comedy About Writing & Working From Home.

Allyson Latta is an independent literary editor who teaches memoir writing through Days Road Writers' Workshops as well as libraries, writers’ organizations and literary festivals. She has edited nominees for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and winners of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Giller Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award, and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. In spring 2004 Allyson developed and began teaching her first online course on memoir writing for Ryerson University. Today, through her workshops, she offers encouragement and guidance to memoirists of all ages.