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Min Jin Lee on Writing Slowly, Confidence, Rejections, 19th Century Social Novels, Outlining, Big Frank, Despondency, Neurotic Lawyering, Cirrhosis, and Mortality
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 455, my conversation with author Min Jin Lee. The episode first aired on January 9, 2019.
Min Jin Lee is…
2 years, 3 months ago
How to Write Good Stories
A new 'Craftwork' episode, about how to write good stories. My guest is Steve Almond, author of a new book on writing called Truth is the Arrow, Merc…
2 years, 3 months ago
912. Lydia Millet
Episode 912
Lydia Millet is the author of We Loved It All: A Memory of Life, available from W.W. Norton & Co.
Millet is the author of A Children's Bible, shortlis…
2 years, 3 months ago
Tommy Pico on Touring, Performing, Alter Egos, Tricking Yourself, Poetry, Voice, Longform, Improv, Daily Writing Practice, Beyonce, Bird Songs, Purpose, and Building Community
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 559, my conversation with poet, artist, and television writer Tommy Pico. The episode first aired on Ja…
2 years, 3 months ago
How to Get Somewhat Better at Art
A new 'Craftwork' episode, about how to get (somewhat) better at art. My guest is Nicholson Baker, author of Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat B…
2 years, 3 months ago
911. Alexandra Tanner
Episode 911
Alexandra Tanner is the author of the debut novel Worry, available from Scribner.
Tanner is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor. She is a graduate of …
2 years, 3 months ago
John Keene on Ghost Books, Song Cave, Publishing, Reading Poetry, Delayed Gratification, Language, Meaning, Youth, Freedom, Identity, Memories, Stories, History, and Punks
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 762, my conversation with author John Keene about his poetry collection Punks, which won the National B…
2 years, 3 months ago
910. Catherine Lacey
Episode 910
Catherine Lacey is the author of the novel Biography of X, available in trade paperback from Picador.
Lacey is the author of the novels Nobody Is Ever…
2 years, 3 months ago
909. Rowan Beaird
Episode 909
Rowan Beaird is the author of the debut novel The Divorcées, available from Flatiron Books.
Beaird is a writer whose work has appeared or is forthcomi…
2 years, 3 months ago
Stephen Graham Jones on Stephen King, Slasher Movies, Fear, Writing Fast, Being Physical, the Mechanics of a Joke, Dilating the Moment, Imaginary Safe Places, Screenwriting, Caffeine, and the Perfect Horror Novel
Episode 666
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 666, my conversation with author Stephen Graham Jones. It first aired on August 16, 2020.
Stephen Graham…
2 years, 3 months ago