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Jessica Shattuck on Idealism, Aging, and Outlines

Jessica Shattuck on Idealism, Aging, and Outlines

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 9, 2024

Alissa Quart on the Dangerous Lie of American Bootstrap Narratives

Alissa Quart on the Dangerous Lie of American Bootstrap Narratives

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 5, 2024

Kathryn Scanlan on Joseph Mitchell's <em>Joe Gould's Secret</em>

Kathryn Scanlan on Joseph Mitchell's Joe Gould's Secret

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | September 4, 2024

90s Book Club: Sleeping with the Enemy with Chelsea Bieker

90s Book Club: Sleeping with the Enemy with Chelsea Bieker

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | September 3, 2024

Kaliane Bradley on the Slow-Moving Crisis of Identity

Kaliane Bradley on the Slow-Moving Crisis of Identity

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 3, 2024

Jane Alison on Structure and Form

Jane Alison on Structure and Form

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | September 3, 2024

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Joshua Kaplan on AP3 and the Future of American Militias

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 29, 2024

O.O. Sangoyomi and Rita Woods on Needing to Know Our History

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | August 28, 2024

Carl Phillips on His Love for Epigraphs

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 26, 2024

Maggie Smith & Shze-Hui Tjoa on New Ways of Thinking About Memoir

Maggie Smith & Shze-Hui Tjoa on New Ways of Thinking About Memoir

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 26, 2024

Iris Jamahl Dunkle and Kelly McMasters on Biographical Ethics

Iris Jamahl Dunkle and Kelly McMasters on Biographical Ethics

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 22, 2024

Glynne Walley on the Hakkenden

Glynne Walley on the Hakkenden

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 22, 2024

m. nourbeSe philip on Kamau Brathwaite's <em>Born to Slow Horses</em>

m. nourbeSe philip on Kamau Brathwaite's Born to Slow Horses

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | August 21, 2024

Jodi Picoult on the Importance of Recognition

Jodi Picoult on the Importance of Recognition

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 19, 2024

Rainbow Rowell and Isabel Cañas on Fiction Outliers

Rainbow Rowell and Isabel Cañas on Fiction Outliers

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 19, 2024

Francine Prose on What 1974 Can Teach Us About 2024

Francine Prose on What 1974 Can Teach Us About 2024

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By Fiction Non Fiction | August 15, 2024

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