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WMFA

A podcast about why and how we write.

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Enlarging People’s Perception of Sylvia Plath w. HEATHER CLARK

Enlarging People’s Perception of Sylvia Plath w. HEATHER CLARK

Heather Clark is the author of Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, a 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist... Read more

20 Oct 2021

1hr

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WMFA ARCHIVES: Creating Reassuring Writing Frameworks w. KRISTEN ARNETT

WMFA ARCHIVES: Creating Reassuring Writing Frameworks w. KRISTEN ARNETT

Kristen Arnett's latest novel, WITH TEETH, is out now from Riverhead. In this conversation from 2019, she and Courtney t... Read more

16 Jun 2021

55mins

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Turning Your Past into Narrative w. ELISSA WASHUTA

Turning Your Past into Narrative w. ELISSA WASHUTA

Elissa's new essay collection, White Magic, is out now from Tin House. She and Courtney discuss reckoning with your past... Read more

28 Apr 2021

49mins

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WMFA ARCHIVES: Fictionalizing Real Life w. LISA KO

WMFA ARCHIVES: Fictionalizing Real Life w. LISA KO

In this conversation from 2018, Courtney and Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers, discuss complicating the notions of motherh... Read more

24 Mar 2021

55mins

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Not Coddling Your Characters w. DANTIEL W. MONIZ

Not Coddling Your Characters w. DANTIEL W. MONIZ

Dantiel W. Moniz's debut collection, Milk Blood Heat, is out now from Grove Atlantic. She and Courtney discuss not prote... Read more

10 Mar 2021

50mins

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Examining Extremely Online Life w. LAUREN OYLER

Examining Extremely Online Life w. LAUREN OYLER

Lauren Oyler's debut novel, FAKE ACCOUNTS, is out now from Catapult. She and Courtney discuss social media, autofiction,... Read more

24 Feb 2021

58mins

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WMFA ARCHIVES: Keeping Faith in the Process w. R.O. KWON

WMFA ARCHIVES: Keeping Faith in the Process w. R.O. KWON

R.O. Kwon is the co-editor, with Garth Greenwell, of KINK, a new anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and ... Read more

10 Feb 2021

52mins

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Rethinking Craft and Workshops w. MATTHEW SALESSES

Rethinking Craft and Workshops w. MATTHEW SALESSES

Matthew's latest book is Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping. He and Courtney discuss w... Read more

27 Jan 2021

54mins

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Keeping Writing Fun w. MATEO ASKARIPOUR

Keeping Writing Fun w. MATEO ASKARIPOUR

Mateo Askaripour's debut novel, Black Buck, is out now. He and Courtney talk about the intimacy of first-person POV, man... Read more

13 Jan 2021

50mins

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Flipping Received Narratives w. DANIELLE EVANS

Flipping Received Narratives w. DANIELLE EVANS

Danielle Evans' latest book is The Office of Historical Corrections, out now from Riverhead Books. She and Courtney talk... Read more

16 Dec 2020

52mins

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