Ep. 1: Barrett Swanson - Writing Forward

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Our inaugural Writing Forward guest is Barrett Swanson: Harper's Magazine contributor, author of the essay collection Lost in Summerland, and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His new book, Equipment for Living: Notes on Selfhood after the End of the World, is forthcoming from Atria/Simon & Schuster.Barrett is also a co-founder of either/or, a magazine of fiction, nonfiction and poetry published annually out of UW-Whitewater.Writing Forward is a conversation show, digging into what keeps Wisconsin writers moving forward, one word at a time.Hosted by Jeff Oloizia. Podcast production by Anya van Wagtendonk. If you like what you hear, follow us on Instagram and Substack.

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This episode was published on May 6, 2026.

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Our inaugural Writing Forward guest is Barrett Swanson: Harper's Magazine contributor, author of the essay collection Lost in Summerland, and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His new book, Equipment for Living: Notes on...

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