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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.


Katie Runde on Trusting the Reader Will Extrapolate

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October 3, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Jonathan Escoffery on Playing Out Some of His Worst Fears on the Page

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September 26, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Jill Bialosky on Mentoring Young Women Through Her Writing

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September 19, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Carlos Allende: How to Make Stories More Compelling

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September 12, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Casey Parks on Piecing Together the Life Story of an Enigmatic Subject

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September 6, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Eric Nguyen on Inverting the Stereotype of the “Other”

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August 29, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Jamil Jan Kochai on Writing About Violence

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August 22, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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How Chinelo Okparanta Examines the Co-opting of the Black African Body in Her New Novel

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August 15, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“It’s Not Magic, But it Feels Magical.” Remembering the Late Poet James Longenbach

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August 8, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Charles Baxter on the Many Parts of the Writer’s Mind

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August 1, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Lidia Yuknavitch is Embarking on a New Form of Storytelling

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July 25, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Ben Winters on Why He Writes About Loss

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July 18, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Zeina Hashem Beck on Desire and Lost Connection

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July 11, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Tsering Yangzom Lama on Cultural Appreciation Versus Cultural Engagement

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July 5, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Nathanial White: Is Pain an Essential Part of the Human Experience?

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June 27, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Lawrence Jackson on the Distinction Between Home and Shelter

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June 21, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Soon Wiley on Marrying Literary and Genre Fiction in His Debut Novel

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June 13, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Why NoViolet Bulawayo Isn’t Staying in Her Lane

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
June 6, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Akwaeke Emezi on How Modern, Inclusive Romance Novels Are Expanding the Possibilities of Love

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May 31, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Jeffrey Yang on the Parallels Between Wood Carving and Poetry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
May 23, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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