Laura Munson in the Media
Explore Laura’s Collected Conversations, Podcasts, and Features
Delve into a curated collection of Laura Munson’s most impactful media engagements, showcasing her journey as an author and writing teacher.
Laura Munson is a New York Times bestselling author, teacher, and the founder of Haven Writing Retreats and Programs. For nearly two decades, she has guided a global community of seekers from her base in the wilderness of Northwest Montana, establishing Haven as a premier sanctuary for deep, process-driven creative development. At the intersection of heart, mind, and rigorous craft, her work—including her signature retreats and the digital Nest archive—strives to dismantle commercial pressure and instead guide individuals toward creative completion, truth-telling, and a lifelong relationship with their own unique voice.
Laura’s own literary career spans decades of dedication to the written word across multiple genres. Her breakout New York Times Modern Love essay, “Those Aren’t Fighting Words, Dear,” became a global cultural phenomenon, breaking publication traffic records and launching her into international acclaim. Her subsequent memoir, This Is Not The Story You Think It Is, became a New York Times bestseller, a Target Breakout Book, and has been translated into nine languages. Whether on the page, in conversation, or in the Montana woods, Laura’s enduring mission remains the same: to help writers slow down, pay attention, and believe in what they truly have to say.
Watch A Good Conversation with Laura Munson and Terry Tempest Williams
Into a Trance
It took three days to finally come out of the trance of speaking heart language with one of my literary heroines and writer sisters, Terry Tempest Williams.
I go into this trance when I write. I have never gone into it when I do speaking events. I have only partial memory of the words I spoke but it went past words for me. And I finally watched the video and saw, amid her elegant questions, true and pure joy in me…being seen by such an absolute woman. Having my book land in her heart when she had so much to do with healing my fiction years ago. It was one of the honors of my life. If you haven’t read her, you must. She is one of the most powerful voices of our time. Thank you, Terry. Thank you, Changing Hands bookstore. Support indie bookstores! Authors, support one another!
Thank you to Changing Hands Bookstore for presenting this virtual authors event.
Laura in Conversation with Terry Tempest Williams
Watch Television Highlights That Intrigued a Nation
Laura Munson on The Early Show
Laura Munson on Good Morning America
Listen to In Depth Discussions
Brian Lehrer Show NPR: Unlikely Happiness
Kerri Miller MPR Minnesota Public Radio
Beautiful Writers Podcast with Terry McMillan Hosted by Linda Sivertsen
Author Laura Munson on “Willa’s Grove” and Women at their “Now What?” Crossroads
Laura Munson and Dr. Denise Nicholson
Laura Munson and William Kenower
Laura Munson and Deborah Goodrich Royce
Laura Munson and Zibby Owens
Laura Munson and Penguin Book
Laura Munson and Julie Metz
Laura Munson Zibby Owens
Laura Munson and Boulder Bookstore
How NYT Bestselling Author Laura Munson Writes
The Wild Why Author Laura Munson on How to Rediscover Your Sense of Wonder
Author Natalie Jenner on Reinventing Herself, Writing Bestselling Novels and Building a Better World
Food Network Chopped Champion, & Writer Brooke Siem interviews Laura for The Rumpus.
Money Tales by Aspiriant: Itchy Scratchy Subjects, with Laura Munson
Live True with Lisa Lucca & A Lively Conversation About Now What?
Read Written Pieces that Shift the Perspective
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Terry McMillan Gives a Shout Out to Willa’s Grove as 1 of her top picks in Time Magazine
Artwork by Christopher Silas Neal
New York Times Modern Love: "Those Aren’t Fighting Words, Dear" By Laura Munson
Alongside Laura Munson’s book, “The Wild Why,” the following essays have been featured in Maria Shriver’s prestigious weekly publication, “Sunday Paper.”
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Step into the Practice
“Writing is not something we do to arrive somewhere. It is something we do to stay in relationship—with ourselves and with the world.”
Whether you are looking to cultivate your creative practice at home or roll up your sleeves in the Montana woods, there is a space held for you.
