# S2E11: Memoir Writing with John Evans, The Values Bridge Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339/s2e11-memoir-writing-with-john-evans-the-values-bridge Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339/s2e11-memoir-writing-with-john-evans-the-values-bridge.md Podcast: [Lizness School](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339) Published: 2026-01-08T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/251c9111-dba9-4a65-998c-0ebcb869b3ac.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/251c9111-dba9-4a65-998c-0ebcb869b3ac.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lizness-school-7066339/episodes/s2e11-memoir-writing-with-john-evans-the-values-bridge Duration seconds: 2322 ## Resource Today's episode starts with a conversation with John Evans, a Lecturer in Nonfiction in the Creative Writing Department at Stanford University. John was Liz's memoir writing teacher during her year as a Fellow in Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute. Their conversation is about why people get interested in memoir writing and why being in a memoir writing group can be so meaningful. John leads groups and workshops through Memoir Mentors His two published memoirs are Young Widower: A Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2014), and Should I Still Wish: A Memoir. (University of Nebraska Press, 2017) In the second half of the episode, Liz and Leah discuss what they learned about themselves by using The Values Bridge , an assessment tool created by Suzy Welch of the NYU Stern School of Business . Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union .  To use their $620 New Member offer, go to  sfcu.org/lizness Homework: More about John's writing: John Evans Author Page Recommended Memoirs: Arthur Ashe, Days of Grace: A Memoir . Arthur Ashe's poignant memoir was co-written with Arnold Rampersad and published posthumously in 1993.  Katherine Graham, Personal History . Pulitzer Prize 1998. The fascinating story of the woman who changed American history running The Washington Post. Michelle Zauner, Crying In H Mart . A 2021 memoir by Zauner of the band Japanese Breakfast about her Korean-American family and identity.   Other recommendations from John Evan’s syllabus: Dani Shapiro, Inheritance Annie Dillard, Living Like Weasels Samuel Wilson Fussell, Muscle - Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuiilder The Values Bridge: Suzy Welch Becoming You book and newsletter.  Assessment Tool developed by Suzy Welch:  The Va… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lizness-school-7066339/episodes/s2e11-memoir-writing-with-john-evans-the-values-bridge/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339/s2e11-memoir-writing-with-john-evans-the-values-bridge.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.