• First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

    First Draft

    Lynne Tillman on Taming Wild Thoughts

    In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

     
    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 14, 2025
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    Karen Russell on What the Magic Offers

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 31, 2025
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    Mai Der Vang on Generational Trauma

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 24, 2025
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    Erika Krouse on Being (and Writing) the Underdog

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 17, 2025
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    Sarah Gerard on Putting a Life on the Page

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 10, 2025
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    Charlotte Wood on Leaving Out

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 3, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
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    Paul Theroux on His Ideal Reader

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 24, 2025
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    Lidia Yuknavitch on Entering into a Lineage

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 18, 2025
    First Draft

    Sarah Chihaya on Reading as Creative Act

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 10, 2025
    First Draft

    Colum McCann on the Arts in Question

    In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 7, 2025
    First Draft

    Alan Shapiro on Inspiration

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 27, 2025
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    David Wroblewski on Writing by Brute Force

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 21, 2025
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    Paolo Bacigalupi on Building Worlds

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 13, 2025
    First Draft

    Amitava Kumar and Claire Messud on Literary Friendship

    In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 6, 2025
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    Boyce Upholt on Finding Hope in Dark Times

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 30, 2024
    First Draft

    Amina Gautier on Building a Story Collection

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 23, 2024
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    Simon Rich on Changing How He Tells Stories

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 16, 2024
    First Draft

    Anna Noyes on Knowing When to Give Up

    In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 9, 2024
    First Draft

    Elizabeth Rosner on Delayed Listening

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 2, 2024
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    Megan Pinto on Moving With Language

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 11, 2024
    First Draft

    Tracy O’Neill on Interpretation

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 4, 2024
    First Draft

    Charles Baxter on the Realm of Possibility

    In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 28, 2024
    First Draft

    Edwidge Danticat on Beginnings

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 21, 2024
    First Draft

    Elizabeth Strout on Complicated People

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 15, 2024
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    Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer on the Wonders of Life

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 3, 2025
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