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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.


“I Tried To Be Witness to Him.” Sebastian Barry on Writing Characters That Have Survived Trauma

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June 5, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Mona Simpson on Reimagining Mental Health Hospitals in Her New Novel

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May 30, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

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May 22, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Abraham Verghese on Medicine’s Innate Connection to Storytelling

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May 15, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Passing Through Porous Boundaries: Mai Nardone on Navigating Thai and American Culture

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May 8, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Ann Lauterbach: On the Value of Effective Language After Trump’s Presidency

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May 1, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Andrew Porter on the Strange Nature of Short Stories Mirroring Each Other

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April 24, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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No One’s Suffering is Banal: Cathleen Schine on the Intricacy of Writing Trauma

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April 17, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Maggie Smith on How She Approached Plot in Her Memoir

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April 10, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Clint Smith: “What Does it Mean to Carry Wonder and Despair in Your Body at the Same Time?”

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April 3, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Robert Lopez on Life Before We’re Born and Why Memory is Like a Failed Method Actor

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
March 27, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“Gray Area is What Novels Can Do That Twitter Cannot.” Rebecca Makkai on Incorporating #MeToo in Her New Novel

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March 20, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: Michelle Dowd Revisits Her Childhood in Forager

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March 13, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Pointing in the Direction of Truth: Jai Chakrabarti on Crafting Endings

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March 6, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Susan Griffin on Earning an Ending and How Writing is Akin to Carpentry

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February 27, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Matthew Salesses: Setting Restrictions Leads You to Narrative Possibilities

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
February 21, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Kathryn Ma on Portraying Asian-Americans Positively and the “Messiness That is Life in Any Community”

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February 13, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Katherine Standefer on the Careful Conversations Required of Writing Memoir

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February 7, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Peter Turchi on Writerly Digression and Charming Sentences

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January 30, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Blair Braverman: What Does Survival Mean?

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
January 23, 2023  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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