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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a literary podcast produced and hosted by Mitzi Rapkin. Each episode features an in-depth interview with a fiction, non-fiction, essay, or poetry writer. The show is equal parts investigation into the craft of writing and conversation about the topics of an author’s work.


EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

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November 30, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“Living in America Is Like Living in an In-Law’s House.” Nawaaz Ahmed on Writing a Queer, Immigrant Story

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November 22, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Kalani Pickhart on Writing the Complexities of the 2013 Ukrainian Protests

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November 15, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Rebecca Solnit on Pleasure, Flowers, and Orwell

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November 8, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“Nobody’s Free Until Everbody’s Free.” Keisha N. Blain on Lou Hamer’s Work and Life

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November 1, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Lauren Groff on Maintaining the “Electric Jolt” of an Idea While Writing

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October 25, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

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October 18, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“Thinking Outside the Brain.” Annie Murphy Paul Discusses Her New Book

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October 12, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Peter Orner on the Pressure of Fiction’s Infinite Possibilities

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
October 4, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Grant Faulkner on Sin as Experimentation

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September 27, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Kevin McIlvoy on a Novel Can Make Room for Dynamic Crowding

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September 20, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“Profoundly, Deeply, Centrally Sensual.” Robert Olen Butler on the Kinesthetic Experience of Writing

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September 13, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Jennifer Sperry Steinorth on the Alchemy in Graphic Poetry

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September 7, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Christine Mangan on the Delicate Balance of Crafting Suspense

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August 30, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Edward Hirsch on the Poet’s Celebration of Grief

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August 23, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Joshua Henkin on the Writer’s Continuous Learning Process

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August 16, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi on Articulating Grief to Find the Way Back to Reality

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
August 9, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
August 2, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Tobey Pearl on the Beginnings of America’s Judicial System

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
July 26, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Michael Kleber-Diggs on Connecting to the World Through Poetry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
July 19, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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