Writers Who Read
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Writers Who Read is a arts podcast hosted by Gary Alan McBride. It has 58 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
Gary Alan McBride founded the Boulder, Colorado-based Writers Who Read novel study group in May of 2018. Since then he and other local writers have been analyzing 10 novels per year within 12-18 months of their publication. Gary is also the author of the WwR reference guide, Literary Forensics: How Reading Can Make You a Better Writer, available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook in bookstores and at online retailers worldwide. More information here: https://LiteraryForensicsBook.com. WwR is focused 100% on today's fiction, mostly in advance of academic scholarship, so we live on the cutting edge of contemporary analysis. And that's how we like it. Our goal is to read like a writer and not wait for someone else to tell us what to think. That means we read with intent--to become better at noticing what the author is doing to manage our emotions and manipulate our point of view. And so it doesn't matter whether what we read is critically acclaimed or acade
arts ·en ·58 episodes
76: Isola - Allegra Goodman
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75: We Solve Murders - Richard Osman
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74: The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
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73: All Fours - Miranda July
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72: Real Americans - Rachel Khong
Season 3 - Preview
71: Margo's Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe
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70: Butcher - Joyce Carol Oates
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69: Burma Sahib - Paul Theroux
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68: James - Percival Everett
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Good Material - BONUS
67: Good Material - Dolly Alderton
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66: Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar
Up Next: Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar
65: Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward
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64: Holly - Stephen King
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63: Tom Lake - Ann Patchett
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62: Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
Next Up: Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
Season 2 - Preview
2024 Jackson Hole Writers Conference
Whitney, Mira, & Gary - The Interview
2024 Maryland Writers Conference
61: Mr. Texas - Lawrence Wright
Next Up: Mr. Texas - Lawrence Wright
2024 PNWA Writers Conference
60: Yellowface - RF Kuang
Next Up: Yellowface - RF Kuang
2024 Quills Writers Conference
59: Romantic Comedy - Curtis Sittenfeld
Next Up: Romantic Comedy - Curtis Sittenfeld
2024 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Conference
58: Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton
Next Up: Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton
2024 Writing Heights Conference
57: Victory City - Salman Rushdie (with Puja Guha)
Next Up: Victory City - Salman Rushdie
2024 Wyoming Writers Conference
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