Anne Hull and Laurie Hertzel

What happens when a journalist known for telling other people’s stories turns the spotlight on her own?

In this episode of Hear Tell, host Laurie Hertzel sits down with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author Anne Hull to discuss her new memoir, "Through the Groves." After nearly two decades as a national reporter for The Washington Post, Hull shifts from observer to subject, exploring her coming of agein rural central Florida — where her father worked in the citrus groves — and her journey toward understanding identity, family, and belonging.

Hertzel and Hull discuss the challenges of writing a memoir after a career in journalism, the tension between reporting and remembering, and what it means to tell the truth when the story is your own. They also explore how place shapes narrative, how silence can shape a life, and why some stories take decades to tell.

This conversation offers a thoughtful look at craft, courage, and the complicated work of turning lived experience into story.

Here is a link to purchase Anne Hull’s memoir, "Through the Groves."