Memoir and history are often seen as separate genres, shelved in different sections, one in which the author fades to the background as they write about past events, the other a deeply personal take on the author’s own life. But when authors blend these genres, remarkable narratives emerge, showing how the past reverberates into the present and future. Join Kate Carpenter, host of the Drafting the Past podcast, along with me, Arsenault, Erika Bolstad (Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her), Staci Drouillard (Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe and Seven Aunts), and Vivian Gibson (The Last Children of Mill Creek) as we discuss our experiences writing about personal connections to the past.