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“How Do They Explain Themselves to Themselves?” Stacey D’Erasmo on Writing a Financial Crime Novel

“How Do They Explain Themselves to Themselves?” Stacey D’Erasmo on Writing a Financial Crime Novel

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 31, 2022

“You Find a Way to Be Distinctive.” George Saunders on His Writerly Evolution

“You Find a Way to Be Distinctive.” George Saunders on His Writerly Evolution

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 24, 2022

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

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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

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Jill Bialosky on Mentoring Young Women Through Her Writing

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

Carlos Allende: How to Make Stories More Compelling

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

Casey Parks on Piecing Together the Life Story of an Enigmatic Subject

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 6, 2022

Eric Nguyen on Inverting the Stereotype of the “Other”

Eric Nguyen on Inverting the Stereotype of the “Other”

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 29, 2022

Jamil Jan Kochai on Writing About Violence

Jamil Jan Kochai on Writing About Violence

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 22, 2022

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

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

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 15, 2022

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

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 8, 2022

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

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

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 1, 2022

Lidia Yuknavitch is Embarking on a New Form of Storytelling

Lidia Yuknavitch is Embarking on a New Form of Storytelling

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 25, 2022

Ben Winters on Why He Writes About Loss

Ben Winters on Why He Writes About Loss

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