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Conversations with working writers on the craft of writing, the writer’s life, and the broader writing community, recorded at the Writers Grotto in San Francisco, California.
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Poetic Notions with Veronica Kornberg
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Nov 05, 2026 |
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How do you make historical horror fiction relatable?
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Oct 15, 2026 |
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Transitions, tips and techniques with Brandy Collins and Doug Henderson
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Oct 08, 2026 |
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"You're going to the bookstore, aren't you?" with Lewis Buzbee
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Don't Go Alone: Creating Space with Shingai Njeri Kagunda
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Despair is a Luxury with Nina Schuyler and Susan Kaye Quinn
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Monsters, Middles and Counternarratives with M. M. Olivas and Cynthia Gómez
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Putting Yourself In The Story with Margaret Juhae Lee
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Rooted and Written with Roberto Lovato and Doug Henderson
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Needing the Fear with Jonathan Escoffery & Celeste Chan
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May 21, 2024 |
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The Punkest Thing Ever with Hugh Ryan and Mark Wallace
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Pantser, Plotter, Poet with Lori Ostlund & Doug Henderson
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Write the gayest sh*t imaginable with Sam J. Miller & Doug Henderson
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Writing Weird with T. K. Rex and Doug Henderson: Kicking off the new 2024 season!
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Episode 142: Dallas Woodburn’s ‘Best Week’
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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We’re Taking a Break
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Episode 141: Preeti Vangani On Writing From Bitterness
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Episode 140: Tess Taylor’s Poetry of Place
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Episode 139: Roberto Lovato Reads from “Unforgetting”
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Episode 138: Maw Shein Win Reads New Poems
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Episode 137: Roberto Lovato on ‘Unforgetting’
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Episode 137: Brad Balukjian’s baseball odyssey
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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Episode 136: Bonnie Tsui and ‘Why We Swim’
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Episode 135: Adam Smyer’s Anti-Racist Translation Guide
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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Episode 134: Vanessa Hua, “VIP Tutoring”
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Episode 133: Raina León, “Solstice in Solidified Sugar”
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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Episode 132: Rachel Levin Wants You To Eat Something!
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Episode 131: A.H. Kim’s ‘A Good Family’
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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Episode 130: Kevin Smokler’s ‘Vinyl Nation’
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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Episode 129: Taneum Bambrick’s Bold Poetry
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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Episode 128: Historian Yan Slobodkin on the Current Moment
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May 26, 2020 |
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Episode 127: Beth Lisick and ‘Edie on the Green Screen’
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May 12, 2020 |
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Episode 126: International Literature
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Episode 125: Telling the Stories of Stuff
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Episode 124: Bonnie Tsui and ‘Why We Swim’
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Episode 123: Roberto Lovato on Dignidad Literaria
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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Episode 122: Writing Memoir, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Episode 121: Dystopian Visions
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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Episode 120: Cornelius Eady On Poetry and Jazz
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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Episode 119: The Making of ‘Rooted & Written’
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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Episode 118: Our Favorite Books of 2019
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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Episode 117: Michael Frank in conversation with Lindsey Crittenden
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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Episode 116: The Delights of Writing Historical Fiction
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Episode 115: Mary Ladd’s “disrespectful cancer book”
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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Episode 114: Spooky Reads for Halloween
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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Episode 113: You and AI—David Ewing Duncan and our Robotic Futures
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Episode 112: Talking Books with The Stacks host Traci Thomas
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 111: Writing Humor and Action
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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Episode 110: Writing Dialogue and Character
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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Episode 109: Joshua Furst on Writing the Counterculture
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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Episode 108: Sara Schneider on the Language of Wine
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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Episode 107: Traditional Publishing and the Winds of Change
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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Episode 106: Julia Flynn Siler and The White Devil’s Daughters
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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Episode 105: Diana Kapp on Subjects Near and Far
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May 21, 2019 |
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Episode 104: Monica Campbell on Borders, Bright Spots, and PRI’s The World
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May 14, 2019 |
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Episode 103: Virgie Tovar reinvents “fat camp”
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May 07, 2019 |
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Episode 102: Jamie Ford on the Value of MFAs
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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Episode 101: Tara Conklin Live At Storyfort
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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Episode 100: John Markoff on Stewart Brand
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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Episode 99: Goodbye, Hello! Tom Barbash on ‘The Dakota Winters’
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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Episode 98: Hello, Goodbye
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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Episode 97: Rachel Howard’s Big ‘Risk’
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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Episode 95: Cheryl A. Ossola On Writing Motherhood
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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Episode 94: Irving Ruan On Writing Funny
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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Episode 93: Thaisa Frank On Writing, Zen and Therapy
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Nov 27, 2018 |
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Episode 92: Alejandro Gallegos On The Librarian’s Life
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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Episode 91: Ethan Watters On Longform Journalism
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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Episode 90: Jaya Padmanabhan On Writing Displacement
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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Episode 89: Kevin Smokler On Innovative Book Tours
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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Episode 88: BQ and Larry On Motivation’s Fickle Fortunes
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Episode 87: Yang Huang On Writing On Your Own Terms
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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Episode 86: Kristin Kaye On Writing Mystical Experiences
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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Episode 85: Mary Jo McConahay On Writing War
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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Episode 84: Lillian Li On Finding Your Process
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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Episode 83: Crystal Hana Kim On Making Your First Novel Epic
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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Episode 82: “Writer’s Writer” Fenton Johnson
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Sep 04, 2018 |
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Episode 81: Dawn Raffel On Navigating And Writing Shadowy History
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Aug 28, 2018 |
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Episode 80: Lydia Kiesling On First Novels
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Aug 21, 2018 |
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Episode 79: What’s New In Your Writing Life?
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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Episode 78: Matthew Zapruder’s Favorite Book (Might Surprise You)
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Aug 07, 2018 |
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Episode 77: Victoria Piontek On Writing for Young Adults
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Jul 31, 2018 |
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Episode 76: Nick Mamatas On Writing A Book A Year
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Jul 24, 2018 |
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Episode 75: Virgie Tovar on Activist Writing
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Jul 17, 2018 |
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Episode 74: Beth Winegarner On Self-Publishing
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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Episode 73: Katherine Reynolds Lewis On Writing That Changes Minds
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Jul 03, 2018 |
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Episode 72: Stephanie Rosenbaum Klassen’s Delicious Writing Life
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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Episode 71: Aja Gabel On Music and Writing
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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Episode 70: Vanessa Hua’s Favorite Book — Live!
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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Episode 69: Gordon Jack On Juggling Writing and Teaching
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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Episode 68: Rachel Levin On Making it “Big”
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May 29, 2018 |
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Episode 67: Paul Drexler On Turning Crime Into Creativity
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May 22, 2018 |
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Episode 66: Caroline Paul’s Mighty Adventures
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May 15, 2018 |
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Episode 65: Dashka Slater On Turning News Into Inspiration
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May 08, 2018 |
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Episode 64: Kirstin Chen On How to Be a Productive Writer
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May 01, 2018 |
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Episode 63: Jonathan Evison on Life After the Bestseller List
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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Episode 62: Willy Vlautin on Working-Class Heroes
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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Episode 61: August McLaughlin on Building a Brand
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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Episode 60: Stewart O’Nan and Jonathan Evison at Storyfort
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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Episode 59: Natalie Baszile On Catching Oprah’s Eye
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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Episode 58: Green Apple’s Pete Mulvihill On Indie Bookstores
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Mar 20, 2018 |
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Episode 57: The SF Diaries Team On Telling Great Stories
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Mar 13, 2018 |
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Episode 56: Anna Brones On A Balanced Life
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Mar 06, 2018 |
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Episode 55: Tamara Barak Aparton On Leaving Journalism
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Feb 27, 2018 |
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Episode 54: Kimberley Lovato On The Art of Travel Writing
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Feb 20, 2018 |
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Episode 53: Julie Lythcott-Haims On Late-Career Blockbuster Success
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Feb 13, 2018 |
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Episode 52: Ben Marks On Bringing History to Life
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Feb 06, 2018 |
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Episode 51: Dennis McNally, Scribe to the Grateful Dead
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Jan 30, 2018 |
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Episode 50: Mary Ladd On How Cancer Changed Her Writing
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Jan 23, 2018 |
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Episode 49: Maw Shein Win, Poet Laureate of El Cerrito
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Jan 16, 2018 |
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Episode 48: Larry & BQ On Managing Your Writing Career
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Jan 09, 2018 |
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Episode 47: Po Bronson & Ethan Watters On Starting a Writers Collective
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Jan 02, 2018 |
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Episode 46: Lee Kravetz’s ‘Strange Contagion’ Takes Off
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Dec 19, 2017 |
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Episode 45: Shanthi Sekaran’s ‘Lucky’ Year
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Dec 12, 2017 |
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Episode 44: Guinevere de la Mare’s ‘Love Letter to Reading’
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Dec 05, 2017 |
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Episode 43: Jennifer March Soloway: All About Agents
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Nov 28, 2017 |
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Episode 42: Cristina Garcia, From Cuba to Berlin
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Nov 21, 2017 |
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Episode 41: Larry & BQ At The NaNoWriMo Halfway Point
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Nov 14, 2017 |
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Episode 40: Kitty Stryker On Activism, Consent and Juggalos
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Nov 07, 2017 |
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Episode 39: Kaitlin Solimine’s Glimpse Into China
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Oct 31, 2017 |
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Episode 38: Grant Faulkner’s Pep Talks For Writers
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Oct 24, 2017 |
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Episode 37: John Roderick On How to Make Agents Want You
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Oct 17, 2017 |
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Episode 36: Zen And The Art Of Literary Readings
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Oct 10, 2017 |
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Episode 35: Litquake Founder Jack Boulware
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Oct 03, 2017 |
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Episode 34: Laurie Ann Doyle On Crafting Unputdownable Stories
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Sep 26, 2017 |
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Episode 33: Mary Roach On Where Best-Sellers Come From
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Sep 19, 2017 |
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Episode 32: “Dr. Frank” Portman, From Punk to Publishing
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Sep 12, 2017 |
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Episode 31: Janelle Brown On Writing A Best-Seller
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Sep 05, 2017 |
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Episode 30: Christian Winn On Finding Your Writing Path
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Aug 29, 2017 |
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Episode 29: Roberto Lovato On Chasing the Truth
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Aug 22, 2017 |
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Episode 28: Ex-NYT Poetry Editor Matthew Zapruder On His New Book
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Aug 15, 2017 |
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Episode 27: Laura Fraser On Turning Travel Into Books
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Aug 08, 2017 |
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Episode 26: Larry and BQ On The Sticky Business of Writing
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Aug 01, 2017 |
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Episode 25: Katherine Ozment On The Search for Meaning
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Jul 25, 2017 |
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Episode 24: Bridget Watson Payne On The Writer-Editor Bond
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Jul 18, 2017 |
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Episode 23: Oscar Villalon, Behind the Scenes at Zyzzyva
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Jul 11, 2017 |
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Episode 22: Lee Kravetz On Contagious Ideas
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Jun 27, 2017 |
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Episode 21: Michael Frank On Capturing Family in Memoir
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Jun 20, 2017 |
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Episode 20: Writers’ Retreats
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Jun 13, 2017 |
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Episode 19: Faith Adiele On Telling Your Unique Story
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Jun 06, 2017 |
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Episode 18: Yukari Kane On Teaching Journalism at San Quentin
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May 30, 2017 |
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Episode 17: Todd Oppenheimer On Founding Your Own Magazine
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May 23, 2017 |
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Episode 16: Joe Loya, From Solitary to Storyteller
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May 16, 2017 |
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Episode 15: Edan Lepucki On Outrageous (Literary) Fortune
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May 09, 2017 |
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Episode 14: Fred Vogelstein On When The Story Gets Personal
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May 02, 2017 |
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Episode 13: Matthew Zapruder
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Apr 25, 2017 |
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Episode 12: Frances Stroh
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Apr 18, 2017 |
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Episode 11: Christopher Cook
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Apr 11, 2017 |
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Episode 10: Zahra Noorbakhsh
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Apr 04, 2017 |
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Episode 9: Vanessa Hua
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Mar 28, 2017 |
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Episode 8: Bridget Quinn
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Mar 21, 2017 |
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Episode 7: Ethel Rohan
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Mar 14, 2017 |
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Episode 6: Manjula Martin
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Mar 07, 2017 |
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Episode 5: Joshua Mohr
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Feb 28, 2017 |
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Episode 4: Louise Nayer
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Feb 21, 2017 |
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Episode 3: Po Bronson and Ethan Watters
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Feb 14, 2017 |
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Episode 2: Constance Hale
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Feb 07, 2017 |
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Episode 1: Shanthi Sekaran
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Feb 07, 2017 |