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Contextualizing Research into Prose w. ANNE HELEN PETERSEN

Anne Helen Petersen's latest book is Can't Even How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation She and Courtney talk about the difficulty behind advice about doing what you love what freelance...

Writing Into Contradictions w. DEESHA PHILYAW

Deesha Philyaw's fiction debut The Secret Lives of Church Ladies is a National Book Award finalist She and Courtney talk about creating complex characters writing Black women and staying true...

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. 

Featured Episodes

Anne Helen Petersen on Throwing Ourselves Against the Wall (of Instagram)

Anne Helen Petersen on Throwing Ourselves Against the Wall (of Instagram)

April 15, 2019  By WMFA 
Deesha Philyaw: Publishing Is Not What You Want Driving Your Self-Worth

Deesha Philyaw: Publishing Is Not What You Want Driving Your Self-Worth

April 15, 2019  By WMFA 
R. O. Kwon on Keeping Faith in the Writing Process

R. O. Kwon on Keeping Faith in the Writing Process

April 15, 2019  By WMFA