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Jane Alison’s new book, Meander, Spiral, Explode, is out now from …

How do you feel about the way you get writing done?

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Summer Brennan’s latest book, High Heel (buy from IndieBound), is out now from Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series. Summer is a …

It’s foundational to writing—and it’s not always easy.

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Morgan Parker is the author of the poetry …

On always learning and the wisdom of beginner’s mind for writers.

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Erica Dawson is the author of When Rap Spoke Straight to God, The Small Blades Hurt, and Big-Eyed …

More conversations. More minisodes. And some exciting announcements.

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Marlee Grace’s book How to Not Always Be Working is out now. …

Get curious about it.

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Hearing, heeding, and ignoring inner chatter.

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Getting to the place where you …

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What’s your relationship like?

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Are you showing up for yourself?

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Kat Gardiner’s debut collection of short fiction, Little Wonder, is …

What keeps you from telling your story?

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Linda Kay Klein’s first book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical …

Feeling it. Acknowledging it. Understanding it. Doing the work anyway.

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Erica Dawson is the author of When Rap Spoke Straight to God, a …

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Born and raised in New Orleans, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton …

Lisa Ko is the author of The Leavers, a novel that won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction and was a finalist for …

Robin MacArthur's debut novel, Heart Spring Mountain, was released in January. Robin lives on the hillside farm where she was born in …

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Silas House is the nationally bestselling author of five …

Elizabeth Catte is a historian and writer based in Staunton, Virginia. She is the author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia …

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Robert Gipe is the author of two illustrated novels, Weedeater

Karan Mahajan is the author of Family Planning, a finalist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and The Association of Small Bombs, …

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Leni Zumas is the author, most recently, of the novel Red …

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Jamie Quatro is the author of the novel Fire Sermon. Her …

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Joanna Scutts is the inaugural Andrew W. Mellon Foundation …

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Celeste Ng's new novel, Little Fires Everywhere, is …

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Zinzi Clemmons was raised in Philadelphia by a South African …

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Carmen Maria Machado is the author of Her Body and …

Matthew Newton is the author of Shopping Mall, out now in Bloomsbury Press’s Object Lessons series, and the Director of Publishing at …

Nick Riggle is a writer, skater and philosophy professor. His first book—On Being Awesome: A Unified Theory of How Not to Suck—comes out …

Season two starts in September. In the meantime, enjoy these three wonderful readings, recorded live at the Appalachian Writers' Workshop at the …

WMFA will be back in September with all new episodes featuring thoughtful, talented writers of all genres—and we have a couple tiny …

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Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from …

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Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You, which won …

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Yesenia Montilla is a New York City poet with Afro-Caribbean …

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Jack Cheng writes contemporary fiction for young readers. …

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Esmé Weijun Wang is the author of The Border of Paradise: A …

Jason Diamond is the author of the memoir Searching for John Hughes. …

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In this bonus mini episode, we discuss class and art—and the attitudes …

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Rebecca Gayle Howell is the author of American …

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Tanwi Nandini Islam is the author of Bright Lines (Penguin 2015), …

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Juan Vidal is a writer and critic for NPR. His work has …

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Emily St. John Mandel is the author of four novels, most …