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202: When Anxiety is a Superpower
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Feb 05, 2025 |
201: What Can You Learn by Watching How Trees Recover from Fire?
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Jan 08, 2025 |
200: When is a Gift More than a Gift?
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Dec 25, 2024 |
199: The Passing of Sorrow
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Dec 11, 2024 |
198: Why Do We Love Stories That Remind Us of Ourselves?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
197: Shut the F*ck up, Please
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Nov 13, 2024 |
196: My Abortion at 11 Wasn’t a Choice. It Was My Life
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Oct 30, 2024 |
195: Florida’s Abortion Law Almost Killed My Wife
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Oct 23, 2024 |
194: A Physician's Duty
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Oct 16, 2024 |
193: Another Try at a Better Life
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Oct 09, 2024 |
192: A Letter to My Son About His Abortion
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Oct 02, 2024 |
191: The Shade of Our Grandmothers’ Trees.
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Sep 25, 2024 |
190: Then and Now and Back to Then
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Sep 18, 2024 |
Our Abortion Stories: Seven Storytellers on Heartbreak, Health, and Hope
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Sep 13, 2024 |
189: I Found Connection Through a Tattoo of a Bee
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Sep 04, 2024 |
188: Making Room for Hope after My Daughter Died
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Aug 21, 2024 |
187: How I Lost My Husband But Gained a Bigger Family
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Aug 07, 2024 |
186: Something Beautiful Happened When I Shared My Writing with My Family
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Jul 24, 2024 |
185: Am I Turning into My Mother
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Jul 10, 2024 |
184: Just Tell Us How it Went Down
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Jun 26, 2024 |
183: If You Don’t Want to Know, Don’t Snoop on Your Daughter’s Instagram Account
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Jun 12, 2024 |
182: A Story is Like a Thesis. You Gotta Make Your Point.
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May 29, 2024 |
181: What Do I Do if I Have Nothing Left to Write About?
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May 15, 2024 |
180: The Forest Raised Me Better than My Father
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May 01, 2024 |
179: How to Use Science to Create an Emotional Connection to Place.
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Apr 17, 2024 |
178: Is it Rape if You Were Blackout Drunk?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
177: How to See Beauty in Small Things
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Mar 20, 2024 |
176: Flying Home or Someplace Better
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Mar 13, 2024 |
175: Fighting Fire with Aspen and Birch
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Feb 28, 2024 |
174: For the Love of Science
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Feb 14, 2024 |
173: Birds Will Be Birds
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Feb 07, 2024 |
172: How to Start a New Job
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Jan 24, 2024 |
171: Can You Find Humor in Addiction?
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Jan 10, 2024 |
170: Here's Why I Resolve to Fail More
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Dec 27, 2023 |
169: My Brother's in Prison. Could I Have Done More?
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Dec 13, 2023 |
168: How to Write about Life When Everyday Is a Reminder of Death?
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Nov 29, 2023 |
167: Even Though I'm Judging You, Don't Judge Me for Being a Chopper Mom
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Nov 15, 2023 |
166: The Most Unique Essay We've Ever Aired
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Nov 01, 2023 |
165: A Psychiatric Hospital Nearly Ruined My Life
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Oct 18, 2023 |
164: Can We Live on Through Our Writing?
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Oct 04, 2023 |
163: Letters to My Son in Prison – Why Writing Matters.
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Sep 20, 2023 |
162: Do As I Say Not As I Do
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Sep 06, 2023 |
161: You Look Great BECAUSE You’ve Aged
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Aug 23, 2023 |
160: Cliches Saved My Life
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Aug 09, 2023 |
159: Rash Decisions
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Jul 26, 2023 |
158: My Dead Mother Brings My Sister and Me Together Once a Year
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Jul 12, 2023 |
157: I’m the Black Crayon Nobody Wants
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Jun 28, 2023 |
156: Outsourcing My Orgasm
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Jun 14, 2023 |
155: Every Word Matters
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May 31, 2023 |
154: Are Thin People Allowed To Write About Weight?
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May 17, 2023 |
153: Want To Get Published in HuffPost? Editor Noah Michelson Tells You How
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May 03, 2023 |
152: How Music Inspires Storytelling
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Apr 05, 2023 |
151: Follow the Story Spine to Get Published
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Mar 22, 2023 |
150: In Transition: How to Write a Story About an Ongoing Situation
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Mar 08, 2023 |
149: How to Make Your Writing More Personal (in any Field)
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Feb 22, 2023 |
148: How to Plan a Threesome
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Feb 08, 2023 |
147: How to Write a Story about Abuse Without Using the Word
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Jan 25, 2023 |
146: How to Write a Winning Pitch
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Jan 11, 2023 |
145: A New Year's Nightmare
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Dec 28, 2022 |
144: When Is a Gift More than a Gift?
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Dec 14, 2022 |
143: Cutting Needless Words
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Nov 30, 2022 |
142: Beginnings and Endings
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Nov 16, 2022 |
141: Where Does Your Mind Go When You're Given a Writing Prompt?
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Nov 02, 2022 |
140: One Man's Abortion Story
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Oct 19, 2022 |
139: This Is What Mania Looks Like
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Oct 05, 2022 |
138: There Is Always More to the Story
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Sep 21, 2022 |
137: How to Fight with Your Co-Host and Win a Writing Contest
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Sep 07, 2022 |
136: What Makes You Weird in the World?
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Aug 24, 2022 |
135: In Praise of Complaining
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Aug 10, 2022 |
134: #MedicalGaslighting: Writing as a Service
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Jul 27, 2022 |
133: Nobody Dreams of Getting Divorced
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Jul 13, 2022 |
132: Here’s My Abortion Story. Men, Tell Us Yours.
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Jun 29, 2022 |
131: How to Write About Something You Can’t Remember
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Jun 15, 2022 |
130: I’m Not Scared of Death, But I Can’t Stop Asking This One Question
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Jun 01, 2022 |
129: Maybe We’re All Just Homing Pigeons. Are You Home Yet?
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May 18, 2022 |
128: My New Manifesto: A Man Serving a Life Sentence for Murder Changes His Ways.
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May 04, 2022 |
127: Parenting Alone: How Will My Autistic Son Manage Without Me?
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Apr 20, 2022 |
126: Will We Ever Understand Each Other if We Don’t Speak the Same Language?
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Apr 06, 2022 |
125: Tossing the Shells but Not the Memories.
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Mar 23, 2022 |
124: The Hate Hate Creates
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Mar 09, 2022 |
123: The Words He Left Behind
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Feb 23, 2022 |
122: What Does 44 Years in Prison Look Like?
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Feb 09, 2022 |
121: When a Big Mistake Becomes Catastrophic
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Jan 26, 2022 |
120: My Pen Uncovers the Real Me
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Jan 12, 2022 |
119: When Is it Safe to Ignore the Law?
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Dec 29, 2021 |
118: Standing at the Prison Gate, I Was Icarus Plummeting to Earth.
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Dec 15, 2021 |
117: A Day in the Life of a Prisoner
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Dec 01, 2021 |
116: How Do You Fulfill a Promise When You’re Stuck in Prison?
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Nov 17, 2021 |
115: What I Learned from Men in Prison
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Nov 03, 2021 |
114: Sometimes It's Better Said in a Song
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Oct 20, 2021 |
113: I Was the Real Life's Queen's Gambit
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Oct 06, 2021 |
112: Voice Isn't Everything, Is It?
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Sep 22, 2021 |
111: It’s a Matter of Time
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Sep 08, 2021 |
110: How to Write About Death: Use an Obsession.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
109: Show and Tell.
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Aug 18, 2021 |
108: How to Write Your Story with Joyce Maynard.
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Aug 11, 2021 |
107: Can You Hear Me if I Can’t Hear You?
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Aug 04, 2021 |
106: How Do You Know if Your Story Sucks?
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Jul 28, 2021 |
105: Teach Us Something We Don't Know
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Jul 14, 2021 |
104: Sleep Left Me for a Younger Woman
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Jun 30, 2021 |
103: Is it Ok to Write the Same Story Over and Over?
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Jun 16, 2021 |
102: A Boyhood Brush With Breast Cancer
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Jun 02, 2021 |
101: I Own Seven Vibrators and I Still Worry About What to Say at a Cocktail Party
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May 19, 2021 |
100: Happy F*ing Mother's Day
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May 05, 2021 |
96: How to Hit Your Editors in the Heart
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Mar 03, 2021 |
95: What Did it Take to Finally Get Published?
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Feb 17, 2021 |
94: Crafting a Story is Like Solving a Puzzle
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Feb 03, 2021 |
93: Brave Listener Gets Hard Edits
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Jan 20, 2021 |
92: Taking the Long Road, Writing About Transformation
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Jan 06, 2021 |
91: Bye Bye 2020
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Dec 23, 2020 |
90: The Upside to a Downside
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Dec 02, 2020 |
89: How Does a Man Get Away with Calling Women Bitches and Hoes in a Story?
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Nov 18, 2020 |
88: Should I Stay or Should I Leave This Country?
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Nov 09, 2020 |
87: At Home in My Skin
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Oct 21, 2020 |
86: Torn Between Two Houses Feeling Like a Fool
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Oct 07, 2020 |
85: What Does Your TV Habit Say About You?
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Sep 02, 2020 |
84: Who's Your Voice of Reason?
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Aug 05, 2020 |
83: Every Word Matters
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Jul 01, 2020 |
82: A Poet's Response to Senseless Murders
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Jun 03, 2020 |
81: An Insider Conversation with a Literary Agent
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May 06, 2020 |
80: We Grant you Permission to Write or Not to Write
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Apr 01, 2020 |
79: How to Write About Death: Use an Obsession
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Mar 04, 2020 |
78: Writing Helps You Figure Out How You Think
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Feb 05, 2020 |
77: Gotta Be a Good Literary Citizen if You Wanna Get Published
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Jan 08, 2020 |
76: Abortion Stories Matter
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Dec 04, 2019 |
75: How to Go From Idea to Published Essay to Book Deal
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Nov 06, 2019 |
74: Think Like a Writer with Dani Shapiro
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Oct 02, 2019 |
73: How to Write When Shit Gets Real
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Aug 28, 2019 |
72: Create Scenes So People Remember
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Aug 14, 2019 |
71: What’s Inside Your Container?
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Jul 31, 2019 |
70: How to Write About the Unbelievable
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Jul 17, 2019 |
69: How to Write Your Story While You're Still Living It
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Jul 03, 2019 |
68: What's a Meta Phor?
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Jun 19, 2019 |
67: Ready, Set, Go Get Into College
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Jun 05, 2019 |
66: How to Brag and Pull it Off.
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May 22, 2019 |
65: Slow Down. You Don’t Want to Miss this Moment.
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May 08, 2019 |
64: Inspiration Sometimes Comes in the Form of a Dress
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Apr 24, 2019 |
63: From Pitch to Publications
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Apr 10, 2019 |
62: The Devil's in the Details
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Mar 27, 2019 |
61: How to Stop Procrastinating and Write Your Story
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Mar 13, 2019 |
60: If You Want to Write About Death and Get Published, Write the Truth
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Feb 27, 2019 |
59: A Time I Had an Unpopular Opinion
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Jan 30, 2019 |
58: Everyone Needs an Editor/Friend
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Jan 23, 2019 |
57: What's Your Achilles Heel?
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Jan 16, 2019 |
56: Write About Me!
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Jan 09, 2019 |
55: The Mean Letter You Always Wanted to Write
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Jan 01, 2019 |
54: From Writing Prompt to Published Story
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Dec 26, 2018 |
53: Should I Edit Out the Dick Pics?
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Dec 19, 2018 |
52: Funny Story...My Brother Has Cancer
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Dec 12, 2018 |
51: It's Not Possible to Write 52 Bad Stories in a Row
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Dec 05, 2018 |
50: We Don't Care About Your Life if it Doesn't Serve this Story
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Nov 07, 2018 |
49: This is Awkward. Nobody Wants to Talk About Money
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Oct 03, 2018 |
48: Get Into a Writing Class So You Can Write About Your F'd Up Family
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Sep 04, 2018 |
47: Show and Tell
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Aug 01, 2018 |
46: An Object is More than Just an Object
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Jul 04, 2018 |
45: Identity is Fuzzy. What's Behind Your Many Faces?
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Jun 06, 2018 |
44: Voices Carry a Lot of Weight in a Story
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May 01, 2018 |
43: Voices in Your Head
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Apr 03, 2018 |
42: Secret Pleasures, Who Are We to Judge?
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Mar 07, 2018 |
41: The Moment I Knew Everything Was About to Change
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Feb 06, 2018 |
40: Likable Narrator: Be the Biggest Asshole in the Story
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Jan 09, 2018 |
39: Get Out of Your Way and Write
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Dec 11, 2017 |
38: Write Better by Mimicking the Masters
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Nov 21, 2017 |
37: Ready to Write that Memoir or Novel? Nov. is National Novel Writing Month
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Nov 01, 2017 |
36: Hurricanes and Stories Define Us, Since the Beginning of Time
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Oct 17, 2017 |
35: What Makes You You?
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Sep 19, 2017 |
34: Let's Ignore Writing Class Protocol and Talk About Our Lives
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Aug 19, 2017 |
33: Great Writing Starts With a Question. What Don’t You Understand?
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Aug 01, 2017 |
32: Will This Ever End?
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Jul 11, 2017 |
31: Take Me Into Your World
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Jun 19, 2017 |
30: How to Write Your True Story with Joyce Maynard
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May 19, 2017 |
29: Can You Hear Me if I Can't Hear You?
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Apr 21, 2017 |
28: Who Has Time?
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Mar 23, 2017 |
27: When Is It Okay to Bullshit?
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Mar 03, 2017 |
26: Writing is Therapy
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Feb 15, 2017 |
25: A Time I Fucked Up Part 2
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Feb 01, 2017 |
24: A Time I FUCKED Up
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Jan 11, 2017 |
23: I Fart, You Fart, We All Fart and Most of Us Deny It.
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Dec 14, 2016 |
22: Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes Feels Impossible Right Now
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Nov 23, 2016 |
21: How To Tell Your Inappropriate Story: Live Show with Ann Randolph
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Oct 28, 2016 |
20: Where Do I Go From Here?
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Sep 09, 2016 |
19: I'm Obsessed with Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, Steve Almond, and my Spin Instructor
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Aug 24, 2016 |
18: Who is Jahn Dope? From H.S. Football Star to Homeless Man to the Great Philip Sylverin
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Aug 03, 2016 |
17: Circuit Boys, Gym Rats, Papi Chulos, Fashion Queens, Bears...Which One Are You?
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Jul 19, 2016 |
16: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone...Where the Magic Happens.
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Jun 30, 2016 |
15: Dear Listener
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Jun 14, 2016 |
14: Taboo: Fat, Fuck, Masturbation
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May 29, 2016 |
13: Rejection Sucks. Why Do We Put Ourselves Out There?
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May 17, 2016 |
12: Emotional Hangover. Those Times When You Feel You Told too Much.
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May 01, 2016 |
11: Words Matter: Student Missy Shares Words with her Hero Elizabeth Gilbert
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Apr 25, 2016 |
10: How to Write a Story Meant to be Told Out Loud
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Feb 25, 2016 |
Will You Love Me Forever or Just on Valentine's Day?
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Feb 11, 2016 |
9: Who Cares About Your Story? What Are the Stakes?
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Feb 01, 2016 |
8: You Don't Have to be a Clown to Write Funny
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Jan 15, 2016 |
True Story: Nobody Likes New Year's Eve.
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Dec 30, 2015 |
7: Story Structure Is Sexy
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Dec 14, 2015 |
6: Wendi Tells the Story of her Ex-husband’s Murder. Writing Is an Exercise in Trust.
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Dec 03, 2015 |
5: The Lies We Tell
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Nov 11, 2015 |
4: Field Trip to the Fertility Clinic. Freezing Eggs at 6 a.m.
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Oct 13, 2015 |
3: What Is the Story You Tell about Your Relationship with Your Mother?
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Oct 11, 2015 |
2: How Are You? Really?
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Oct 10, 2015 |
1: The Pilot: The Hardest Thing To Write About
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Oct 09, 2015 |