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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 12, 2022
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Casey Parks on Piecing Together the Life Story of an Enigmatic Subject

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 6, 2022
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Eric Nguyen on Inverting the Stereotype of the “Other”

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 29, 2022
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Jamil Jan Kochai on Writing About Violence

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 22, 2022
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How Chinelo Okparanta Examines the Co-opting of the Black African Body in Her New Novel

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 15, 2022
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“It’s Not Magic, But it Feels Magical.” Remembering the Late Poet James Longenbach

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 8, 2022
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Charles Baxter on the Many Parts of the Writer’s Mind

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 1, 2022
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Lidia Yuknavitch is Embarking on a New Form of Storytelling

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 25, 2022
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Ben Winters on Why He Writes About Loss

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 18, 2022
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Zeina Hashem Beck on Desire and Lost Connection

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 11, 2022
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Tsering Yangzom Lama on Cultural Appreciation Versus Cultural Engagement

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 5, 2022
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Nathanial White: Is Pain an Essential Part of the Human Experience?

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 27, 2022
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Lawrence Jackson on the Distinction Between Home and Shelter

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 21, 2022
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Soon Wiley on Marrying Literary and Genre Fiction in His Debut Novel

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 13, 2022
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Why NoViolet Bulawayo Isn’t Staying in Her Lane

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 6, 2022
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Akwaeke Emezi on How Modern, Inclusive Romance Novels Are Expanding the Possibilities of Love

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 31, 2022
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Jeffrey Yang on the Parallels Between Wood Carving and Poetry

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 23, 2022
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Ada Limón on Why Being Witnessed Is Essential For an Artist

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 16, 2022
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Jacinda Townsend on What It Means to Mother

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 9, 2022
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“Structure is Everything.” Keith O’Brien on Structuring a Nonfiction Narrative

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 2, 2022
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“I Guess This is What I’m Writing About.” Aimee Bender on Surrendering to the Material

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 25, 2022
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Rebecca Kauffman on Turning to Historical Fiction During the Chaos of 2020

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 18, 2022
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Sarah Manguso on Getting on the Freeway, aka Writing a Novel

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 11, 2022
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Douglas Stuart on Masculinity and the Long Literary Tradition of the Gang Novel

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 4, 2022
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Jacquelyn Mitchard on Hiding Mysteries in Plain Sight

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 28, 2022
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