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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, non-fiction, essay, and poetry writers. First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing highlights the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. This weekly show hosted by Mitzi Rapkin is a celebration of creative writing and the individuals who are dedicated to bringing their carefully chosen words to print as well as the impact writers have on the world we live in.


Bill Clegg on the Unknowability of… Well, Everything

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October 26, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Claire Messud on Chekhov’s Best Advice

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October 19, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Debra Spark on Doing the Research… Like Asking to See Strangers’ Apartments

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October 13, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Rebecca Watson on Authors Being as Gods to Their Characters

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October 5, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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David Szalay: When One Central Character Isn’t Enough

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September 28, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

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September 21, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Cherie Dimaline on Representing Native Youth in Her Work

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September 14, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Margot Livesey on Choosing the Right Idea for a New Book

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September 8, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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R.L. Maizes on Internalizing the Pain and Feelings of Animals

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August 31, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Benjamin Nugent on Writing About Male Privilege After #MeToo

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August 24, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Ursula Hegi on the Seam Between Bliss and Sorrow

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August 17, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Souvankham Thammavongsa Wants Readers to Question What’s Real

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August 10, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Michelle Bowdler: Why Does Rape Go Largely Uninvestigated?

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August 3, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Sejal Shah on Making Oneself Visible in America

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July 27, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Anne Enright on Losing Loved Objects to the Gaze of Others

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July 20, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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TaraShea Nesbit on What We Don’t Talk About in the Plymouth Narrative

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July 13, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Embedding with American Christianity

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July 6, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Mary South on Living With Your Grief

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June 29, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Lori Gottlieb on the Relationship Between Narrative and Therapy

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June 22, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Vanessa Hua on Writing and Understanding Diverse Characters

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June 15, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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