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Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: Michelle Dowd Revisits Her Childhood in <em>Forager</em>

Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: Michelle Dowd Revisits Her Childhood in Forager

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 13, 2023

Pointing in the Direction of Truth: Jai Chakrabarti on Crafting Endings

Pointing in the Direction of Truth: Jai Chakrabarti on Crafting Endings

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 6, 2023

Susan Griffin on Earning an Ending and How Writing is Akin to Carpentry

Susan Griffin on Earning an Ending and How Writing is Akin to Carpentry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 27, 2023

Matthew Salesses: Setting Restrictions Leads You to Narrative Possibilities

Matthew Salesses: Setting Restrictions Leads You to Narrative Possibilities

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 21, 2023

Kathryn Ma on Portraying Asian-Americans Positively and the “Messiness That is Life in Any Community”

Kathryn Ma on Portraying Asian-Americans Positively and the “Messiness That is Life in Any Community”

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 13, 2023

Katherine Standefer on the Careful Conversations Required of Writing Memoir

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 7, 2023

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Peter Turchi on Writerly Digression and Charming Sentences

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 30, 2023

Blair Braverman: What Does Survival Mean?

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 23, 2023

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 17, 2023

“The Best Story I’ve Ever Written is the One I’m Going to Write Next.” Jack Driscoll on His Stylistic Expansion

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 9, 2023

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 4, 2023

Peter Orner on Looking for “Solace in Remembering” and His Pursuit of Chronology

Peter Orner on Looking for “Solace in Remembering” and His Pursuit of Chronology

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Namwali Serpell on the “Uncanny Rhythm” of Poetry and Grief

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 19, 2022

Elizabeth Strout: How Her Imagination as a Child Has Steered Her Writing Career

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 12, 2022

“She Could Already Feel Herself as Being Part of the Next World.” Morowa Yejidé on the Interplay Between Life and Death

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 5, 2022

Elizabeth McCracken on Grieving Her Mother Through Writing

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