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WMFA ARCHIVES: Fighting Perfectionism w. CELESTE NG

Originally airing on November Courtney and Celeste Ng author of Little Fires Everywhere and Everything I Never Told You do a deep dive into process what makes a good beginning...

WMFA ARCHIVES: Being Patient and Indulgent w. GARTH GREENWELL

Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You and Cleanness and a Guggenheim fellow In he and Courtney talked about being a poet novelist the language of desire...

WMFA ARCHIVES: Storytelling as an Act of Love w. WAYÉTU MOORE

Courtney and Way tu Moore author of She Would Be King discuss diasporic literature the trouble with magical realism and how to preserve your relationship with your craft Way tu's...

Inventing Complex Characters w. GENEVIEVE HUDSON

Genevieve Hudson's debut novel, BOYS OF ALABAMA, is out now from Liveright. They and Courtney talk about developing complicated characters, writing the supernatural, and exploring "capital-T truth" in fiction. 

Minisode: Transformation

What in your creative process are you ready to say goodbye to?

Capturing Grief and Collective Memory w. CARTER SICKELS

Carter Sickels latest novel, THE PRETTIEST STAR, is out now from Hub City Press. He and Courtney talk about activist art, writing poignancy without sentimentality, and documenting queer rural narratives. 

Featured Episodes

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton on Listening to Your Inner Voice

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton on Listening to Your Inner Voice

April 15, 2019  By WMFA 
Zinzi Clemmons on Cutting Away the Obvious

Zinzi Clemmons on Cutting Away the Obvious

April 15, 2019  By WMFA 
Alexander Chee on How a Single Story Can Contain Many Rooms

Alexander Chee on How a Single Story Can Contain Many Rooms

April 15, 2019  By WMFA 
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