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176. Anne Mason | New chapters, Relative Theatrics, and the arts in Wyoming

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175. Scott Macklin | Now Defunkt, Jamcation!, and a creative collective sets the table

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174. A.M. Sosa | And I'll Take Out Your Eyes: A new novel

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173. Kurt Luchs | Tributaries: Essays, verses, and humor

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172. Monica Macansantos | Returning to My Father's Kitchen: a collection of essays

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171. Josh Jensen | This is Where We Landed LP, songwriting, and PNW Americana

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170. Jessica Berg | Rosecliff Literary and guiding authors to publication

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169. Camille U. Adams | How to Be Unmothered: a Trinidadian Memoir

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168. Nancy Kricorian | The Burning Heart of the World: a new novel

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167. Sandra Cruze | Abby Normal the Musical, House Theater, and producing your own work

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166. Mo Milan | Musical identities, songwriting, and going beyond sound

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165. Anna Capunay | La Gota Fría, playwriting, and the way to dramedy

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164. Theodora Ziolkowski | Ghostlit: Myth, memory, and strands of narrative

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163. Jen Ponton | Sugarcoated, Maiden Mother Crone Premiere, and crafting a solo play

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162. Em J Parsley | You, From Below: a new novella, and environmentalism

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161. Kim Dower | What She Wants: A New Poetry Collection

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160. Hannah Wyatt | Sunday Cowboy, songwriting, and indie music production

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159. Jennifer Lang | Landed: A yogi's memoir in pieces and poses

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158. Charles K. Carter | The God of Loneliness: a new poetry collection, vulnerability, and taking your time

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157. Welcome to the Big Dipper: A new musical | A conversation with the creative team

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156. Georgia Jeffries | The Younger Girl: Writing historical fiction, and true crime close to home

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155. Sarah Congress | Playwriting, screenwriting, and crafting humor

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154. Nathalie Miranda | Songwriting, resilience, and music for the underdogs

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153. C.J. Spataro | More Strange Than True, short fiction, and adaptations

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152. Ciara Lawless | Paint My Soul, the songwriting process, and flowers

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151. Kate Brandes | Stone Creek, environmental science, and a sense of place

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150. Andrew Shanks | The Ugly Radio, fringe theater, and indie art as community

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149. Audrey Cefaly | The Last Wide Open, language as conflict, and a play with music

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148. SHAME | A Conversation with the Film Team

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147. Amanda ReCupido | Writing, producing your own work, and humor through it all

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146. Heather Bartel | Exit the Body, mud, and the essay as an offering

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145. Shaine Greenwood | Transfiguration, existentialism, and sci-fi explorations

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144. Merrill Joan Gerber | Revelation at the Food Bank, crafting essays, and ruminations on the writing life

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143. MJ Gomez | A burning planet, faith, and becoming a poet

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142. Effy Redman | Saving Face, writing a memoir, and claiming identity

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141. Paul Cody | Walk the Dark, writing novels, and hope in the darkness

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140. David Winner | Master Lovers, writing a fictional memoir, and personal vs historical

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139. Lee Upton | Tabitha, Get Up: a comic novel, biographers, and playing with forms

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138. C.M. Crockford | Birdsongs, farewell to punk, and responding with resilience

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137. Court Ludwick | These Strange Bodies, Broken Antler Mag, and hybrid forms

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136. Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins | On the Rocks: Co-authoring, patience, and collaboration

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135. Heather G. Marshall | When the Ocean Flies: Fiction vs memoir, mindfulness, and writing beyond trauma

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134. Sam Chue | Naegle Fowleri, Washingtones Records, and a music community

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133. Tyler C. Gore | My Life of Crime: Essay as memoir, exploding appendixes, and other entertainments

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132. Hilary Zaid | Forget I Told You This, writing a techno-thriller, and handmade magic

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131. Kate Brandt | Hope for the Worst, 1980s NYC, and a spiritual journey

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130. Wendy Bashant | The Same Bright Moon, teaching in China, and writing a memoir

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129. Kamal X | Black Astronaut, photography, and capturing American turmoil

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128. Richard Jeffrey Newman | The Return! And T'shuvah: a new poetry collection

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127. John Yamrus | 24 Poems, honest writing, and a poet's life

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126. BV Wolfgang | The Spacewalkers FFEEATCOPO, existentialism, and hopeful songs

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125. Anne Leigh Parrish | A Summer Morning, interconnected works, and creative sustainability

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124. Arts Calling Q&A with Jaime Alejandro and Shahab Zargari

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123. Jim Clayton | Round II: Look Out, a new album!

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122. Anna Dickson James | Boys Buy Me Drinks to Watch Me Fall Down: A new collection!

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121. Elizabeth M. Castillo | Not Quite an Ocean, multilingual poetry, and different things

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120. Catherine Shields | The Shape of Normal: Parenting, disabilities, and self-discovery

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119. Terena Elizabeth Bell | Tell Me What You See: an experimental novel, 3rd person personal, and starting with rocks

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118. Jennifer Lang | Places We Left Behind: an experimental memoir, yoga, and a multicultural life

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117. Carlos Baker | Songs for Ivy: From music to novels, parenting, and finding resilience

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116. Bill Blume | West of Apocalypse: Sci-fi and beyond, family life, and indie publishing

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115. Marisa Ewing | Sound, music composition, and crafting audio for media

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114. David Scott Hay | [NSFW], a new novel: Chicago theatre, indie film, and the creative pivot

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113. Sarah Congress | Comedy playwriting, intuitive writing coaching, and what we can control

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112. Mary Adkins | The Book Incubator Writing Program: How to write your dream book!

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111. Jan Stinchcomb | Verushka: Villains, fairy tales, and family horror

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110. Bronwyn Harris | Teaching stories, the class divide, and advocating for the marginalized

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109. Maria C. Palmer | On the Rocks, nonprofit work, and writing about family

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108. Rosemary Richings | Freelance writing, living with Dyspraxia, and Stumbling through Space and Time

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107. Martha Engber | Bliss Road, writing a memoir, and a neurodiverse family story

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106. Suzan Palumbo | Shapeshifters, representation, and changing the programming

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105. Dr. Sarah Etlinger | Part II: The Weather Gods, paradoxes, and the commute

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104. Exodus Oktavia Brownlow | Essays, green forests, and finding your footing

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103. Matthew McGuirk | Hybrid collections, staying positive, and being an educator/writer

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102. Chloe N. Clark | Patterns of Orbit, Cotton Xenomorph, and defying genre

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101. Catherine Filloux | Where Elephants Weep, and theatre for human rights and social justice

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Ep 100 | Playwriting: Alvaro Saar Rios and Mabelle Reynoso

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Ep 99 Uzo Chijioke | From novels to scripts, Nigerian culture, and embracing structure

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Ep 98 Audra Kerr Brown | Flash fiction, family, and emotional horror

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Ep 97 Tommy Dean | Flash perspectives, small towns, and powerful short works

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Ep 96 Laurie Marshall | Flash fiction, exploring forms, and the beauty of yearning

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Ep 95 Shannon McLeod | Nature Trail Stories, being an educator, and the quiet moments

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Ep 94 Jen Soong | Exploring memoir, collage, and wonder

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Ep 93 Steven D. Schroeder | Wikipedia Apocalyptica, running a literary magazine, and the balancing act

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Ep 92 Audrey Cefaly & Carolyn Messina | Find your dramaturg, two-hander plays, and ache stories

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Ep 91 Patrick Lugo | Comics, Kung Fu, and an illustrator's life

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Ep 90 Shahab Zargari and Mo Milan | New Oddities Album Discussion

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Ep 89 John Becker | Playwriting, the human condition, and producing your own work

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Ep 88 Anuradha Bhowmik | Brown Girl Chromatography: Family, healing, and coming of age

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Ep 87 Samantha Silva | Mary Wollstonecraft, Dickens, and the historical novel

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Ep 86 Donna Spruijt-Metz | Poetry as a companion, the flute, and something true

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Ep. 85 Jim Clayton | Jazz, parenthood, and an online pandemic audience

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Ep. 84 Zephaniah Sole | Writing a crime thriller, Spider-Man, and a legacy of learning

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Ep. 83 Laury Leite | The novel, writing in Spanish, and an international life

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Ep. 82 Bri Stokes | Curating, becoming a managing editor, and amplifying the marginalized

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Ep. 81 Camille U. Adams | The memoir, Caribbean lit, and uncovering the past

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Ep. 80 Dominique Gordon | DOMO JUJU, new album, and turning grief into songs

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Ep. 79 Julia Duffy | Things (Un)said, narrative podcasting, and writing yourself a perfect role

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Ep. 78 Tara Stillions Whitehead | The Year of the Monster, writing hybrid forms, and the film industry

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Ep. 77 Lynne Jensen Lampe | A mother and daughter, a new poetry collection, & talking smack to a hurricane