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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.


“Profoundly, Deeply, Centrally Sensual.” Robert Olen Butler on the Kinesthetic Experience of Writing

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
September 13, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Jennifer Sperry Steinorth on the Alchemy in Graphic Poetry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
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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Steven Pressfield on the Artist
as Warrior

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July 12, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Marisa Silver on (Finally) Nailing Down Her Novel’s Point of View

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July 6, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Justin Jannise: Making Peace with Putting It All Out There

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
June 28, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Diane Seuss: Does Language Eclipse Feeling?

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
June 21, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Gabriela Garcia on How Mythologies Are Shaped Over Generations

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
June 14, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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How Parenthood Profoundly Shaped Ethan Rutherford’s Stories

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
June 7, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Imbolo Mbue on the Thin Line Between the Physical and Supernatural

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
June 1, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Anna North on Finding a Narrative Space Between Dystopia and Utopia

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
May 24, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Layla AlAmmar: Who Gets to Dictate How a Story Is Told?

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
May 17, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Why Elizabeth McCracken Loves Ventriloquism and Other Weird Show Business

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on First Draft
May 10, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Wrestling with Derrida’s Concept of Forgiving the Unforgivable

Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on First Draft
May 3, 2021  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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