The Writing University Podcast

The Writing University Podcast

124 episodes

The Writing University podcast features recordings of illuminative craft talks from the renowned writers, novelists, poets, and essayists who present at the Eleventh Hour Lecture Series during the University of Iowa's Iowa Summer Writing Festival.

Podcasts

Episode 132: Crafting "Excess" - Darius Stewart

Published: Oct. 19, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 131: Prepping for Publication: How and Where to Submit Your Manuscripts - Kelly Dwyer

Published: Sept. 11, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 130: Writing into (and out of) Trope, Cliche, and Abstraction - Anna Bruno

Published: July 10, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 128: Poetry and Questions of Peace - Zach Savich

Published: May 14, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 127: Writing the Elegy - Challenges and Approaches - Suzan Aizenberg

Published: April 21, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 126: Me, Myself and I - The Transformative Power of Reflection in Nonfiction - Juliet Patterson

Published: March 13, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 129: Refine Your Writing With Attention to Style - Sandra Scofield

Published: Feb. 21, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 125: Better Talky Talky - The Art and Craft of Strong Dialogue - Kelly Dwyer

Published: Feb. 12, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 124: Notan - How Visual Art Informs Writing - Sandra Scofield

Published: Feb. 5, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 123: Writing From the Central Channel - Diana Goetsch

Published: Jan. 21, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 122: The Memory Curve and Transitions - Anna Bruno

Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 121: Writing and the Power of Now - Mary Allen

Published: Nov. 11, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 120: Revising Like a Hack - Screenwriting "Rules" as a Guide for Rewrites - Kerry Howley

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 119: The Writing Life - Christine Hemp

Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 118: The Music of Language, the Language of Music - Sands Hall

Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 117: Writing About Family in Nonfiction - Mieke Eerkens

Published: Sept. 8, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 116: Transforming Life Into Writing - Eric Goodman

Published: Aug. 23, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes

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Episode 115: The Art of Humor Writing - Lyz Lenz

Published: Aug. 14, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 114: Mixed Feelings - Lon Otto

Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 113: Memoir from the Middle of Things - Zach Savich

Published: July 31, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 112: Writing with Death Looking Over Your Shoulder - Lori Erickson

Published: July 25, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 110: Me, Myself, and I - The Transformative Power of Reflection in Nonfiction - Juliet Patterson

Published: July 22, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 1 second

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Episode 109: On the Feminine vs. the Masculine Narrative Voice - Mieke Eerkens

Published: July 18, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 108: Making and Breaking Taboos - Charles Holdefer

Published: July 16, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 107: Gratitude for Time - Poetry and Moments of Thanks - Zach Savich

Published: July 15, 2018, 6 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 1 second

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Episode 106: Titles - Diana Goetsch

Published: July 14, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 105: Writing Under the Influence - Gordon Mennenga

Published: July 11, 2018, 6 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 104: Writing Resistance - Suzanne Scanlon

Published: July 9, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 103: The Story Lens - Sandra Scofield

Published: July 9, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 102: Why Not Quit? Tips for Becoming a Durable Writer - Tim Bascom

Published: June 27, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 101: The Small [And Pixelated] Made Large - From Grievance To Groundbreaking Change - Amy Butcher

Published: June 20, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 100: Writer as Witness - Katie Ford

Published: June 18, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 98: The Everyday Writing Retreat - Mary Allen

Published: July 19, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes

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Episode 97: The Crying Room - Reconsidering the Writing Workshop - Sabrina Orah Mark

Published: July 17, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 96: Echo, Letter, Tweet - Writing as Correspondence - Michael Morse

Published: July 12, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 95: The Novel Continuum - Sandra Scofield

Published: July 10, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 92: How to Write the Ten-Minute Play - Kelly Dwyer

Published: June 28, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 1 second

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Episode 91: Where Experience Starts - The Image - Juliet Patterson

Published: June 26, 2017, 6 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 90: Nerve - Some Kinds of Courage Necessary for Writing - Lon Otto

Published: June 26, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 89: Same Content / Different Form - Jim Heynen

Published: June 21, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 87: The Art of Play: Jeffery Renard Allen

Published: June 19, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 86: From Conception to Delivery: The Birth of One Novel w/ Amy Hassinger

Published: July 27, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 19 seconds

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Episode 85: Writing for Strangers: A Question of Audience w/ Lon Otto

Published: July 21, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 1 second

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Episode 84: The Poet As Collector w/ Sabrina Orah Mark

Published: June 20, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 46 seconds

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Episode 82: Please, Just Dont Call It Journaling: Writing for Self Versus Others w/ Sarah Saffian

Published: June 8, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 81: The Power and the Place of Place w/ Eric Goodman

Published: June 2, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 80: Against Ideas w/ Paula Morris

Published: May 31, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 79: Actually Writing: The Outer, Inner & Secret Practice w/ Diana Goetsch

Published: May 23, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 78: Writing in the Digital Age w/ Ned Stuckey-French

Published: May 19, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 77: Hybrid Writing w/ Elizabeth Robinson

Published: May 9, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 76: Mysteries of Love and Grief: The Long Way from Impulse to Family Story w/ Sandra Scofield

Published: May 4, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 75: Ghosts, Battlefields and Hallucinations: Creative Writing from Research w/ Lauren Haldeman

Published: May 2, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 74: Clarity and Depth: Writing between the Lines w/ Venise Berry

Published: April 26, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 73: Tim BascomAs I See It: What Essayists Can Learn from Visual Artists

Published: July 30, 2015, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Bonus Episode: Beau OReilly Finish the Thing

Published: July 21, 2015, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Episode 72: Hope Edelman and Naomi JacksonWriting Family and Grief

Published: July 20, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Episode 70: Ned Stuckey-FrenchMoving Pictures, Moving Words: The Arrival of the Video Essay

Published: July 15, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Episode 69: John DaltonTen Ways of Thinking about Character

Published: July 13, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Episode 68: Mary AllenEdit Like a Zen Master

Published: July 8, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Episode 66: Juliet PattersonAlternative Fuel Sources: Powering the Non-narrative Essay

Published: June 18, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Episode 65: Michael MorseMetaphor as Building Block: Idea to Image and Image to Idea

Published: June 16, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Episode 64: Please, Just Dont Call it Journaling: Writing for Self Versus for Others

Published: June 15, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Episode 63: Lon OttoWhen Bad Bets Pay Off

Published: June 11, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Episode 62: Susan Taylor Chehak Self-Publishing and the Small Press

Published: June 10, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour

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Episode 61: Elizabeth Robinson -- You Can Start a Press/Publication

Published: July 24, 2014, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 60: Juliet Patterson -- How Poets See the World: The Art of Description

Published: July 23, 2014, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 59: Kelly Dwyer -- Better Talky Talky: The Art and Craft of Strong Dialogue

Published: July 22, 2014, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 58: Sarah Saffian -- The Politics of Writing About Loved Ones

Published: July 21, 2014, 4:43 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 57: Joyelle McSweeneyContemporary Gothic(s)

Published: July 17, 2014, 4:34 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 56: Eireann Lorsung -- Productivity and Failure for Writers

Published: July 16, 2014, 4:33 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 55: Hope Edelman -- The Story Behind Your Story

Published: July 10, 2014, 4:50 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 54: Kate Aspengren -- Who Are These People and Who Invited Them?

Published: July 9, 2014, 9:35 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 53: Nancy K. Barry -- The Sixth W in Nonfiction Writing and Research

Published: July 8, 2014, 9:03 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 52: Carolyn Lieberg -- Write What You Know: The Scary Truism That Haunts Writers

Published: July 7, 2014, 8:42 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 50: Mary Allen -- Harnessing Time: The Key to Writing

Published: June 26, 2014, 8:02 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 49: Talk Pretty, Talk TurkeyJust, You Know, Talk To Me

Published: June 25, 2014, 7:48 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 48: Stephen LovelyMarathon Training for the Fiction Writer: Conditioning Your Mind and Body to Go the Distance

Published: June 25, 2014, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 47: Michael Morse -- Rebel With a Clause: The Prose Poem

Published: June 23, 2014, 4 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 46: Jim Heynan: Same Content/Different Form

Published: June 19, 2014, 8:52 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 45: Hilary Plum -- Approaching Fact in Fiction

Published: June 10, 2014, 4 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 44: The Art of Juxtaposition | Carol Spindel

Published: June 9, 2014, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 42: Jim HeynenWrite What You Dont Know About

Published: July 11, 2013, 9:54 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 41: Mary AllenWorking with Time, the Key to Writing

Published: July 10, 2013, 8:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 23 seconds

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Episode 39: Robert SiegelHaiku for Prose Writers: Exploring the Power of the Image

Published: July 8, 2013, 8:14 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 seconds

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Episode 38: Robert Fernandez -- The Language of Music, the Music of Poetry

Published: June 13, 2013, 8:15 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 37: Juliet Patterson & BK Loren -- Poetry as Foundation of Fiction and Nonfiction

Published: June 11, 2013, 8:15 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 36: Timothy BascomSudden Riches: The Surprising and Satisfying Role of Research in the Personal Essay

Published: June 10, 2013, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute

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Episode 35: Sands HallInto the Woods, Down to the Underworld

Published: July 26, 2012, 8:35 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 34: Kathryn Rhett & Jessica HandlerThe Tough Stuff: Write Well, Feel Better

Published: July 25, 2012, 8:36 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 33: Christine HempYikes: A Deadline! Limitation as Liberation

Published: July 24, 2012, 8:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 seconds

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Episode 32: Amber Dermont, Blueberry Morningsnow, Nick Twemlow, & Vinnie WilhelmInfluence & Inspiration

Published: July 19, 2012, 8:37 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 30: Kate Aspergren -- Playwriting: from Page to Stage

Published: July 16, 2012, 8:37 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 29: Susan Taylor Chehak -- Storytelling and Time

Published: July 12, 2012, 8:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 25 seconds

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Episode 28: Elizabeth RobinsonGiving a Good Reading and Why it Matters

Published: June 27, 2012, 7:28 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 27: Michael MorseLost and Found: Reading and Writing the Elegy

Published: June 26, 2012, 7:31 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 26: Eric GoodmanPlace, Race, and History: Writing About Subjects That Compel and Terrify Us

Published: June 26, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 25: Diane GoetschThe Three Poisons

Published: June 21, 2012, 7:31 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 24: Karen BenderHow to Find the Short Story within your Novel

Published: June 20, 2012, 7:23 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 23: Robert SiegelFlash Fiction

Published: June 18, 2012, 7:57 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 22: Carol SpindelThe Art of Juxtaposition

Published: June 14, 2012, 8 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 21: Emily Pettit, Mark Leidner, Madeline McDonnell, & Bianca StoneInfluence & Inspiration

Published: June 12, 2012, 8:01 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 20: Anjali SachdevaStep Away From the Desk: Experiential Writing

Published: June 11, 2012, 8:04 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 19: BK Loren: "Process is Practice: Making Your Writing Matter"

Published: June 16, 2011, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 18: Dara WierChance, Risk, and Getting Away With It

Published: June 13, 2011, 8:37 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 17: Marcos M. Villatoro: Finding Inspiration from the Work Itself

Published: June 10, 2011, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 16: Lon Otto: "Touchstones, Templates, & The Train Tracks Your Mule's On"

Published: June 29, 2010, 8:38 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 15: Katie Ford: "Ghost Forms: Using Traditional Form in Free Verse"

Published: June 19, 2010, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 14: Lon Otto: "Avoiding Literary Thin Ice"

Published: June 18, 2010, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 13: Tim Bascom: "Picture That: Creative Nonfiction For The Visual Learner

Published: June 17, 2010, 8:38 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 12: Eric GoodmanTransforming Life Into Art

Published: June 15, 2010, 8:38 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 11: Christine Hemp on Writing About Happiness

Published: July 19, 2009, 8:52 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 10: Marc Nieson, Making Words Count

Published: June 30, 2009, 8:53 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 9: David Hamilton: A Bakers (Half) Dozen Ways of Looking at a Literary Magazine

Published: June 20, 2009, 8:52 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 8: Mary Allen:"Bending the Spoon: Writing as a Path to Mindfulness and Other Spiritual Practices"

Published: June 9, 2008, 8:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 seconds

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Episode 7: David Bouchier: The Word Diet - Avoiding Verbosity

Published: July 25, 2007, 8:13 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 6: Marcos M. Villatoro: Finding Inspiration from the Work Itself

Published: July 23, 2007, 8:13 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 5: Venise Berry: "Writing with Ethnic Diversity"

Published: June 26, 2007, 8:14 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 4: Sands Hall: Building Characters

Published: June 21, 2007, 8:15 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 3: Jim Heynan: Same Content/Different Form

Published: June 20, 2007, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 2: Christine Hemp on Writing About Happiness

Published: June 19, 2007, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 1: Dora Malech -- Talking It Out: Writing as Conversation

Published: June 18, 2007, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 26 seconds

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