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Claire Messud on Chekhov's Best Advice

Claire Messud on Chekhov's Best Advice

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 19, 2020

Debra Spark on Doing the Research... Like Asking to See Strangers' Apartments

Debra Spark on Doing the Research... Like Asking to See Strangers' Apartments

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 13, 2020

Rebecca Watson on Authors Being as Gods to Their Characters

Rebecca Watson on Authors Being as Gods to Their Characters

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 5, 2020

David Szalay: When One Central Character Isn't Enough

David Szalay: When One Central Character Isn't Enough

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 28, 2020

Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 21, 2020

Cherie Dimaline on Representing Native Youth in Her Work

Cherie Dimaline on Representing Native Youth in Her Work

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 14, 2020

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Margot Livesey on Choosing the Right Idea for a New Book

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 8, 2020

R.L. Maizes on Internalizing the Pain and Feelings of Animals

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 31, 2020

Benjamin Nugent on Writing About Male Privilege After #MeToo

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 24, 2020

Ursula Hegi on the Seam Between Bliss and Sorrow

Ursula Hegi on the Seam Between Bliss and Sorrow

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 17, 2020

Souvankham Thammavongsa Wants Readers to Question What's Real

Souvankham Thammavongsa Wants Readers to Question What's Real

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 10, 2020

Michelle Bowdler: Why Does Rape Go Largely Uninvestigated?

Michelle Bowdler: Why Does Rape Go Largely Uninvestigated?

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 3, 2020

Sejal Shah on Making Oneself Visible in America

Sejal Shah on Making Oneself Visible in America

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 27, 2020

Anne Enright on Losing Loved Objects to the Gaze of Others

Anne Enright on Losing Loved Objects to the Gaze of Others

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 20, 2020

TaraShea Nesbit on What We Don't Talk About in the Plymouth Narrative

TaraShea Nesbit on What We Don't Talk About in the Plymouth Narrative

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 13, 2020

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Embedding with American Christianity

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Embedding with American Christianity

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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