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Ronit Plank

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Be'er Sheba, Israel

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Ronit Plank is a writer, teacher, and editor whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, Poets & Writers, The Rumpus, Salon, Hippocampus, The New York Times, and elsewhere, earning Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and multiple Pushcart Prize nominations.

Her weekly podcast LET'S TALK MEMOIR features interviews with memoirists and writing teachers about craft, the creative process, and the writing life and is available on all podcast platforms. LET"S TALK MEMOIR is also a free newsletter on Substack.

Kirkus Reviews calls Ronit's debut memoir When She Comes Back “An intimate, intuitive, emotionally vivid family account that finds hope in reconciliation". When She Comes Back was named a Book Riot Best True Crime Book, won a 2022 Book Excellence ...more

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This woman can write. This collection is home to an array of stories all so different from each other. They made me contemplate relationships, our experience, and how we make sense of our lives. Brava!
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Jen Fliss brings nuance, heart, and complexity to her characters and the stories in this collection are at turns tender, poignant, and searing. I’m so happy I had the chance to read it.
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Jen Fliss brings nuance, heart, and complexity to her characters and the stories in this collection are at turns tender, poignant, and searing. I’m so happy I had the chance to read it.
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Jill Christman’s searching, exuberant, and tender voice courses through this The Heart Folds Early, a memoir about child loss, love, our right to choose, and surviving our history. Beautiful, funny, and passionate. Thrilled to have gotten a chance to ...more
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Very happy to have picked this book up and gotten the chance to meet Jill Chrisman in person at the AWP writers conference. IF THIS WERR FICTION is an incredibly engaging an emotionally complex collection that I will use in my writing classes.I also ...more
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I had the pleasure of reading this memoir and also interviewing Leslie Ferguson on my podcast. WHEN I WAS HER DAUGHTER speaks to the longing and precariousness a child feels when her parent is not only incapable of keeping her safe, but threatens her ...more
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A pleasure to read this memoir and also get to interview Sherry Sidoti for my podcast. If you have a chance to study embodied writing with her run, don't walk. ...more
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A pleasure to read this memoir and then have the chance to interview Sarah Gallucci on my podcast.
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A pleasure to read and take in this work of art by Lora Arbrador who I also had the chance to interview on my podcast.
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