The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

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Episode 271: Brin-Jonathan Butler, 'The Passenger,' and 'Giving Up the Ghost' Aug 06, 2021

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Brin-Jonathan Butler's "Giving Up the Ghost" for Hazlitt is part memoir, part criticism, part mediation on suicide, part travelogue, but it's all Brin.

An incredible piece of writing. Settle in, CNFers.

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Episode 270: How did Daniel Kolitz Pull Off His Atavist Story? Jul 31, 2021

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Daniel Kolitz is a freelance writer whose latest piece for The Atavist Magazine is about Enthusiastic Sobriety and its founder Bob Meehan.

Episode 269: The Visionary Life of Cecilia Brown, Making Pictures, and This American Life Jul 30, 2021

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Cecilia Brown (@cecilbrownn on IG) is a filmmaker based out of Portland, Oregon.

She produced a beautiful piece for This American Life, so we talk about that and her life making pictures.

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Episode 268: Overcoming Bad Viewing Hygiene with The Ringer's Alison Herman Jul 23, 2021

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Alison Herman (@aherman2006) is a critic for The Ringer. Her piece on David Gelb, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and the Chef's Table industrial complex prompted this great conversation.

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Episode 267: Suzanne Roberts on Big Wins, Rejection Clubs, and 'Bad Tourist' Jul 16, 2021

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Suzanne Roberts (@suzanneroberts28) is the author of Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (University of Nebraska Press, 2020).

Suzanne talks about:

Big wins
Writing in community
The Wordy Girls
Rejection clubs
And how not to sound like a douchebag when talking about travel

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Episode 266: The Expansive Nothing You Have to Fill with Kristen Radtke Jul 09, 2021

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Kristen Radtke (@kristenradtke on Twitter, @kristenradtke_ on IG) is the author of Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness.

Social media: @CNFPod on Twitter.

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Thanks to sponsors West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing and HippoCamp 2021.

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Episode 265: 'No Place Like Home' with Ariel Ramchandani and Seyward Darby Jul 02, 2021

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Ariel Ramchandani (@arielramch) and Seyward Darby (@seywarddarby) stop by the show to talk about "No Place Like Home," the podcast they're producing with The Atavist Magazine and Cadence 13.

It tells the story of the stolen ruby slippers.

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Episode 264: Rachel Monroe Talks About the Things Writers Don't Tweet About Jun 25, 2021

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Rachel Monroe (@rachmonroe) is a freelance journalist whose work appears in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Oxford American.

Keep the conversation going @CNFPod and consider supporting the show by visiting the Patreon page: patreon.com/cnfpod.

Show notes at brendanomeara.com.

Episode 263: Michelle Weber and Catherine Cusick Break Out the Pipe Wrench Jun 18, 2021

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Michelle Weber (@michelleinchief) and Catherine Cusick (@cusickcatherine) come by to talk about their exciting venture Pipe Wrench Magazine.

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Episode 262: Passion + Desperation = Bob Welch Jun 11, 2021

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"I. Will. Write. This. Book. There's no turning back," says Bob Welch, author of Saving My Enemy, and two dozen other books.

We dig into the writing process and the passion and desperation that drives him.

Support for The Creative Nonfiction Podcast is provided by:

West Virginia Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing and HippoCamp21 (CNFPod21 to save $50!).

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