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Rachel Yoder

Rachel Yoder
Rachel Yoder is a founding editor of draft: the journal of process, which features first and final drafts of stories, poems, and essays, along with author interviews about the creative process. She is also the creator and host of The Fail Safe, an interview podcast that explores how today’s most successful writers grapple with and learn from creative failure. Her short stories and essays have recently appeared in The Southern Review, StoryQuarterly, Catapult, and Gulf Coast and her work has also been awarded The Editors’ Prize in Fiction by The Missouri Review and with notable distinctions in Best American Short Stories and Best American Nonrequired Reading. She is currently a 2017 Iowa Arts Council Fellow and lives in Iowa City. racheljyoder.com


Rachel Yoder on Navigating Chronic Pain Through Storytelling

The Author of Nightbitch Considers Writing as a Somatic Practice
July 20, 2021  By Rachel Yoder
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The Mindfuck: Returning to My Mennonite Homeland

Rachel Yoder Goes Looking for... Rachel Yoder?
August 6, 2018  By Rachel Yoder
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When Werner Herzog Was My Dad: Of Post-Natal Visions and Other Wonders

Rachel Yoder Explores the Animal Divide From Either Side of Childbirth
August 28, 2017  By Rachel Yoder
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