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Ben Fountain on the Complexities of His New Novel

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

 
By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 10, 2023
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Etaf Rum on Exploring Herself Through Her Characters

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 2, 2023
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Edan Lepucki on How Editing Changed Time’s Mouth

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 25, 2023
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James McBride on Going on Faith

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 18, 2023
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Rachel Eliza Griffiths on Feeling Something at the End of a Book

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 11, 2023
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David van den Berg on Seeing the Darkness

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 5, 2023
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Roger Reeves on Sensory Essays

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 28, 2023
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Jenny Qi on Paying Attention

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 21, 2023
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Jennifer Grotz on Changing Poetic Ambitions

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 14, 2023
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Luis Alberto Urrea on How ‘Team Urrea’ Help Him Craft His Novels

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 7, 2023
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Hernan Diaz Has No Draft Two

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 31, 2023
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Alice Elliott Dark on the Moral Argument of Fiction

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 24, 2023
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Stephen Buoro on How A Clockwork Orange Shook His World

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 17, 2023
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Elizabeth Graver on Making a Novel Out of Life

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 10, 2023
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Adrienne Brodeur on Using Summer 2016 as a Setting for Little Monsters

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 5, 2023
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Michelle Brafman on Love Addiction as Fuel for Plot

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 26, 2023
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TC Boyle on Writing About What You Want to Discover

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 20, 2023
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T.J. Newman on Why Writing in Secret Led to a Seven Figure Book Deal

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 12, 2023
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“I Tried To Be Witness to Him.” Sebastian Barry on Writing Characters That Have Survived Trauma

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 5, 2023
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Mona Simpson on Reimagining Mental Health Hospitals in Her New Novel

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 30, 2023
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“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 22, 2023
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Abraham Verghese on Medicine’s Innate Connection to Storytelling

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 15, 2023
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Passing Through Porous Boundaries: Mai Nardone on Navigating Thai and American Culture

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 8, 2023
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Ann Lauterbach: On the Value of Effective Language After Trump’s Presidency

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 1, 2023
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Andrew Porter on the Strange Nature of Short Stories Mirroring Each Other

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 24, 2023
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