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10 Minute Writer's Workshop

A peek into how great writers conjure and craft their work. From creative rituals to guilty distractions, writers reveal what it really takes to get pen to paper.

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Workshop 53: Celeste Ng

Workshop 53: Celeste Ng

Celeste Ng came out of the gate strong. Her first novel, Everything I Never Told You, was a New York Times bestseller an... Read more

20 Sep 2017

12mins

Ranked #2

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Workshop 42: Tana French

Workshop 42: Tana French

Tana French is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Dublin Murder Squad series. The newest, called The Trespasser, is t... Read more

19 Apr 2017

12mins

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Workshop 30: Jodi Picoult

Workshop 30: Jodi Picoult

It’s our 30th episode, this time with the phenomenally successful Jodi Picoult.Small Great Things is her 24th novel - an... Read more

2 Nov 2016

12mins

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Workshop 14: Anatomical Historian Alice Dreger

Workshop 14: Anatomical Historian Alice Dreger

Alice Dreger is a historian of science, anatomy, and medicine, known for her work studying and advocating for people bor... Read more

6 Apr 2016

8mins

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Workshop 36: Caitlin Moran

Workshop 36: Caitlin Moran

Caitlin Moran is the best-selling author of How to Be a Woman, Moranthology, and columnist for the Times of London. She ... Read more

25 Jan 2017

10mins

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Workshop 38: Victoria (V.E.) Schwab

Workshop 38: Victoria (V.E.) Schwab

Victoria Schwab... VE Schwab... V... the author's name depends on her audience, which, like the dark worlds she builds, ... Read more

22 Feb 2017

12mins

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Workshop 39: Lindy West

Workshop 39: Lindy West

Lindy West, columnist for The Guardian, and author of How to be a Person and Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman. Lindy writ... Read more

8 Mar 2017

13mins

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Workshop 13: Alexander Chee

Workshop 13: Alexander Chee

Alexander Chee is a careful craftsman of language. As we came to find out, when we talked to him from Argot Studios in N... Read more

23 Mar 2016

10mins

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Workshop 33: Emma Donoghue

Workshop 33: Emma Donoghue

Irish author Emma Donoghue may be best known for Room, her novel written in the voice of a young boy confined with his ... Read more

14 Dec 2016

8mins

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Workshop 3: Patti Smith

Workshop 3: Patti Smith

Virginia sits down with her idol, rocker and writer Patti Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices... Read more

13 Nov 2015

10mins

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Workshop 23: Judy Blume

Workshop 23: Judy Blume

Anyone who's ever been an awkward adolescent knows that for decades now, dog-eared copies of Judy Blume's books have bee... Read more

27 Jul 2016

9mins

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Workshop 24: Chuck Klosterman

Workshop 24: Chuck Klosterman

Essayist, novelist, columnist, sportswriter and former ethicist for the New York Times Magazine, Chuck Klosterman has go... Read more

10 Aug 2016

10mins

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Workshop 29: Josh Ritter

Workshop 29: Josh Ritter

In this episode of the 10-Minute Writer’s Workshop, singer-songwriter, musician and novelist Josh Ritter – who might say... Read more

19 Oct 2016

10mins

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Workshop 26: Andre Dubus III

Workshop 26: Andre Dubus III

Andre Dubus III's memoir Townie told the story of his violent childhood on the wrong side of the tracks. Writing was his... Read more

7 Sep 2016

10mins

Ranked #15

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Workshop 34: Catalog Writer Jeff Ryan

Workshop 34: Catalog Writer Jeff Ryan

'In Maine, when we say something is "wicked good" – we really mean it.'That's how LL Bean describes their Wicked Good Sl... Read more

28 Dec 2016

9mins

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Workshop 28: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer

Workshop 28: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer

Legal decisions are rarely read for pleasure. And though read and re-read and excerpted and quoted, they are not always ... Read more

5 Oct 2016

11mins

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Workshop 4: Alexander McCall Smith

Workshop 4: Alexander McCall Smith

The Scottish author, Alexander McCall Smith, lets us in on his writing process before an event recorded for radio in Por... Read more

25 Nov 2015

9mins

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Workshop 19: Richard Russo

Workshop 19: Richard Russo

Richard Russo is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Empire Falls and Nobody’s Fool - both were adapted into films star... Read more

2 Jun 2016

14mins

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Workshop 45: Krista Tippett

Workshop 45: Krista Tippett

Krista Tippett is probably best known as the host & creator of the public radio program On Being. But she's also th... Read more

31 May 2017

7mins

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Workshop 11: Uber YouTuber, Grace Helbig

Workshop 11: Uber YouTuber, Grace Helbig

We spoke to YouTube superstar and writer of books Grace Helbig after the publication of her second tongue-in-cheek guide... Read more

23 Feb 2016

7mins

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