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S2, Ep 6: How Do You Start Your (Holocaust) Memoir? with Leah Eichler
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About this Episode
Back in the 1990s, Leah Eichler, then a young reporter, interviewed her grandmother extensively about her experiences as an Auschwitz survivor. In this episode, Leah discusses her book-development journey working with coach & TBIHTW host Paul Zakrzewski. If you’ve been overwhelmed by a book you want to write – but aren’t sure where to start – this is the episode for you.
Discussed On This Episode:
· The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, by Daniel Mendelsohn
· My uncle often went missing. I worried about the day he wouldn’t come back, The Globe and Mail, Oct 8, 2021
Important Moments
How Leah's interview with her grandmother in the 1990s resulted in the "bubbe tapes"
How the book coaching process helped Leah evolve her idea
Influence of Daniel Mendelsohn's The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
Highlights of Leah's June "roots" trip to Hungary to research her grandmother's story
Leah's recent publication successes with an essay about tattoos & intergenerational trauma; and another essay about being in a interracial marriage and competing historical traumas
Leah's background as a journalist and its impact on writing her memoir
Leah's work as creator and editor of Esoterica Magazine
Credits
This episode was edited and produced by Chérie Newman at Magpie Audio Productions. Theme music is "The Stone Mansion" by BlueDot Productions.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bookiwanttowrite.substack.com
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