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Remembering Tom Hansen, 1961-2023
Today, a special episode remembering the life and work of Tom Hansen, who died this week of esophageal cancer. Hansen was born in Seattle and raised …
2 years, 10 months ago
Charles Shields on Kurt Vonnegut, WWII, Dresden, Suicide, and The Great Depression
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 24, my conversation with biographer Charles Shields, author of And So It Goes— Kurt Vonnegut: A Life, a…
2 years, 10 months ago
860. Maya Binyam
Episode 860
Maya Binyam is the author of the debut novel Hangman, available from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Binyam is a fiction writer and critic whose work has …
2 years, 10 months ago
How to Approach "Truth" in Creative Nonfiction
In today's 'Craftwork' episode, a conversation with Emily Rapp Black about "truth" in creative nonfiction.
Emily is the author of five books of creat…
2 years, 10 months ago
Mat Johnson on Failure, Despair, Persistence, Reviews, and Stealing Time to Write
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 364, my conversation with Mat Johnson, author of the novel Invisible Things and other books.
Johnson is …
2 years, 10 months ago
859. Brando Skyhorse
Episode 859
Brando Skyhorse is the author of the novel My Name is Iris, available from Avid Reader Press.
Skyhorse's debut novel, The Madonnas of Echo Park, won t…
2 years, 11 months ago
Why Publishing is Broken
In today's 'Craftwork' episode, a conversation with Kathleen Schmidt. She is a longtime publishing industry veteran with in-depth experience in a var…
2 years, 11 months ago
Melissa Febos on Hollywood, Bullshit, Extroversion, Celibacy, Loneliness, and Relationships
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 460, my conversation with Melissa Febos, author of Body Work, Girlhood, and other books.
Girlhood was a …
2 years, 11 months ago
858. Lydia Kiesling
Episode 858
Lydia Kiesling is the author of the novel Mobility, available from Crooked Media Reads.
Kiesling is the author of The Golden State, a 2018 National Bo…
2 years, 11 months ago
857. Khashayar J. Khabushani
Episode 857
Khashayar J. Khabushani is the author of the debut novel I Will Greet the Sun Again, available from Hogarth Books.
Khabushani was born in Van Nuys, Ca…
2 years, 11 months ago