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How do you make historical horror fiction relatable?
Transitions, tips and techniques with Brandy Collins and Doug Henderson
"You're going to the bookstore, aren't you?" with Lewis Buzbee
Don't Go Alone: Creating Space with Shingai Njeri Kagunda
Despair is a Luxury with Nina Schuyler and Susan Kaye Quinn
Monsters, Middles and Counternarratives with M. M. Olivas and Cynthia Gómez
Putting Yourself In The Story with Margaret Juhae Lee
Rooted and Written with Roberto Lovato and Doug Henderson
Needing the Fear with Jonathan Escoffery & Celeste Chan
The Punkest Thing Ever with Hugh Ryan and Mark Wallace
Pantser, Plotter, Poet with Lori Ostlund & Doug Henderson
Write the gayest sh*t imaginable with Sam J. Miller & Doug Henderson
Writing Weird with T. K. Rex and Doug Henderson: Kicking off the new 2024 season!
Episode 142: Dallas Woodburn’s ‘Best Week’
We’re Taking a Break
Episode 141: Preeti Vangani On Writing From Bitterness
Episode 140: Tess Taylor’s Poetry of Place
Episode 139: Roberto Lovato Reads from “Unforgetting”
Episode 138: Maw Shein Win Reads New Poems
Episode 137: Roberto Lovato on ‘Unforgetting’
Episode 137: Brad Balukjian’s baseball odyssey
Episode 136: Bonnie Tsui and ‘Why We Swim’
Episode 135: Adam Smyer’s Anti-Racist Translation Guide
Episode 134: Vanessa Hua, “VIP Tutoring”
Episode 133: Raina León, “Solstice in Solidified Sugar”
Episode 132: Rachel Levin Wants You To Eat Something!
Episode 131: A.H. Kim’s ‘A Good Family’
Episode 130: Kevin Smokler’s ‘Vinyl Nation’
Episode 129: Taneum Bambrick’s Bold Poetry
Episode 128: Historian Yan Slobodkin on the Current Moment
Episode 127: Beth Lisick and ‘Edie on the Green Screen’
Episode 126: International Literature
Episode 125: Telling the Stories of Stuff
Episode 124: Bonnie Tsui and ‘Why We Swim’
Episode 123: Roberto Lovato on Dignidad Literaria
Episode 122: Writing Memoir, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Episode 121: Dystopian Visions
Episode 120: Cornelius Eady On Poetry and Jazz
Episode 119: The Making of ‘Rooted & Written’
Episode 118: Our Favorite Books of 2019
Episode 117: Michael Frank in conversation with Lindsey Crittenden
Episode 116: The Delights of Writing Historical Fiction
Episode 115: Mary Ladd’s “disrespectful cancer book”
Episode 114: Spooky Reads for Halloween
Episode 113: You and AI—David Ewing Duncan and our Robotic Futures
Episode 112: Talking Books with The Stacks host Traci Thomas
Episode 111: Writing Humor and Action
Episode 110: Writing Dialogue and Character
Episode 109: Joshua Furst on Writing the Counterculture
Episode 108: Sara Schneider on the Language of Wine
Episode 107: Traditional Publishing and the Winds of Change
Episode 106: Julia Flynn Siler and The White Devil’s Daughters
Episode 105: Diana Kapp on Subjects Near and Far
Episode 104: Monica Campbell on Borders, Bright Spots, and PRI’s The World
Episode 103: Virgie Tovar reinvents “fat camp”
Episode 102: Jamie Ford on the Value of MFAs
Episode 101: Tara Conklin Live At Storyfort
Episode 100: John Markoff on Stewart Brand
Episode 99: Goodbye, Hello! Tom Barbash on ‘The Dakota Winters’
Episode 98: Hello, Goodbye
Episode 97: Rachel Howard’s Big ‘Risk’
Episode 95: Cheryl A. Ossola On Writing Motherhood
Episode 94: Irving Ruan On Writing Funny
Episode 93: Thaisa Frank On Writing, Zen and Therapy
Episode 92: Alejandro Gallegos On The Librarian’s Life
Episode 91: Ethan Watters On Longform Journalism
Episode 90: Jaya Padmanabhan On Writing Displacement
Episode 89: Kevin Smokler On Innovative Book Tours
Episode 88: BQ and Larry On Motivation’s Fickle Fortunes
Episode 87: Yang Huang On Writing On Your Own Terms
Episode 86: Kristin Kaye On Writing Mystical Experiences
Episode 85: Mary Jo McConahay On Writing War
Episode 84: Lillian Li On Finding Your Process
Episode 83: Crystal Hana Kim On Making Your First Novel Epic
Episode 82: “Writer’s Writer” Fenton Johnson
Episode 81: Dawn Raffel On Navigating And Writing Shadowy History
Episode 80: Lydia Kiesling On First Novels
Episode 79: What’s New In Your Writing Life?
Episode 78: Matthew Zapruder’s Favorite Book (Might Surprise You)
Episode 77: Victoria Piontek On Writing for Young Adults
Episode 76: Nick Mamatas On Writing A Book A Year
Episode 75: Virgie Tovar on Activist Writing
Episode 74: Beth Winegarner On Self-Publishing
Episode 73: Katherine Reynolds Lewis On Writing That Changes Minds
Episode 72: Stephanie Rosenbaum Klassen’s Delicious Writing Life
Episode 71: Aja Gabel On Music and Writing
Episode 70: Vanessa Hua’s Favorite Book — Live!
Episode 69: Gordon Jack On Juggling Writing and Teaching
Episode 68: Rachel Levin On Making it “Big”
Episode 67: Paul Drexler On Turning Crime Into Creativity
Episode 66: Caroline Paul’s Mighty Adventures
Episode 65: Dashka Slater On Turning News Into Inspiration
Episode 64: Kirstin Chen On How to Be a Productive Writer
Episode 63: Jonathan Evison on Life After the Bestseller List
Episode 62: Willy Vlautin on Working-Class Heroes
Episode 61: August McLaughlin on Building a Brand
Episode 60: Stewart O’Nan and Jonathan Evison at Storyfort
Episode 59: Natalie Baszile On Catching Oprah’s Eye
Episode 58: Green Apple’s Pete Mulvihill On Indie Bookstores
Episode 57: The SF Diaries Team On Telling Great Stories