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Andrea Barrett on Needing Stories to Weave Together the “Jumble of Perceptions”

Andrea Barrett on Needing Stories to Weave Together the “Jumble of Perceptions”

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 17, 2022

Remembering the Late Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Poet Kevin McIlvoy

Remembering the Late Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Poet Kevin McIlvoy

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 11, 2022

Katie Runde on Trusting the Reader Will Extrapolate

Katie Runde on Trusting the Reader Will Extrapolate

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 3, 2022

Jonathan Escoffery on Playing Out Some of His Worst Fears on the Page

Jonathan Escoffery on Playing Out Some of His Worst Fears on the Page

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 26, 2022

Jill Bialosky on Mentoring Young Women Through Her Writing

Jill Bialosky on Mentoring Young Women Through Her Writing

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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

Carlos Allende: How to Make Stories More Compelling

Carlos Allende: How to Make Stories More Compelling

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How Chinelo Okparanta Examines the Co-opting of the Black African Body in Her New Novel

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"It’s Not Magic, But it Feels Magical." Remembering the Late Poet James Longenbach

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Charles Baxter on the Many Parts of the Writer’s Mind

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Zeina Hashem Beck on Desire and Lost Connection

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