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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.


Ada Limón on Why Being Witnessed Is Essential For an Artist

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May 16, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Jacinda Townsend on What It Means to Mother

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May 9, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“Structure is Everything.” Keith O’Brien on Structuring a Nonfiction Narrative

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May 2, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“I Guess This is What I’m Writing About.” Aimee Bender on Surrendering to the Material

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April 25, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Rebecca Kauffman on Turning to Historical Fiction During the Chaos of 2020

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April 18, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Sarah Manguso on Getting on the Freeway, aka Writing a Novel

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April 11, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Douglas Stuart on Masculinity and the Long Literary Tradition of the Gang Novel

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April 4, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Jacquelyn Mitchard on Hiding Mysteries in Plain Sight

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March 28, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Why Having a Baby Led Evie Wyld to More Perilous Stories

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March 21, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Lan Samantha Chang on Teaching, Tone, and Literary Generations

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March 14, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Thrity Umrigar on Questioning the Rules of Objective Journalism

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March 7, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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How the “Tiger Lady” Profoundly Changed Susan Orlean

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February 28, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Charlotte Wood on Exploring the Longevity of Female Friendship

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February 22, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Anahid Nersessian’s Close Reading of Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

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February 14, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“Secrets Really Power a Book.” A Conversation with Steven Schwartz

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February 7, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Peter Ho Davies on Why We Fear Revision (and How to Get Over It)

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February 3, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Peter Ho Davies on Encouraging Readers to Read Between the Lines

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January 31, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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“A Kind of Clash.” Tom Bissell on the Structure of His Short Stories

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January 24, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Michael Bazzett on the Role of Comedy in His Poetry

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January 18, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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How Jean Hanff Korelitz Learned to Create Tension and Suspense on the Page

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January 10, 2022  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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