The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

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Episode 159: Allie Rowbottom—The Page as Safe Place Jul 05, 2019

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"Talent is not enough. You have to have luck. You have to have drive," says Allie Rowbottom (@allierowbottom)

Allie Rowbottom, author of Jell-O Girls: A Family History is on the show to talk shop. She grew with an artist mother who empowered her to pursue her own art.

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Thanks to Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction for the support.

Episode 158: Naomi Gordon-Loebl—F*ck-Yeah! Essays Jun 28, 2019

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"There's always gonna be people who are better than you and there's also people who're gonna be worse than you. That really can't be the reason you write or don't write," says Naomi Gordon-Loebl.

Naomi Gordon-Loebl, a journalist and essayist comes on the show to talk about her work.

Find her on Twitter @naomigordonloebl and visit her website at naomigordonloebl.com.

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Thanks to our sponsors Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction.

Episode 157: Eric Ducker—'I Want This Weirder' Jun 21, 2019

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"I want to hear more of you in this. I want this weirder. Let loose," says Eric Ducker (@ericducker).

Eric Ducker, freelance writer for The Ringer, among others, came on the show to talk about music, his time at Fader, and his Ringer piece on Jenny Odell (check out Ep. 151 for her).

Thanks to Goucher's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path's MFA in Creative Nonfiction for the support.

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Episode 156: Sonya Huber—Creative Infidelities Jun 14, 2019

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"I think that's why people stop writing. It's the not knowing what you're doing that feels so terrible." —Sonya Huber (@sonyahuber).

Sonya Huber, author of five books and countless essays, joins me on the pod.

Shoutout to our patrons in Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction.

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Episode 155: T.D. Thornton—Horses, Cons, Boxers, Oh, My! Jun 07, 2019

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"You can persevere and you can grind, but you have to get lucky at times," says T.D. Thornton, @thorntontd.

T.D. Thornton, author of Not By a Long Shot and My Adventures with Your Money came by the show.

Thanks to Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction for sponsoring the show.

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Episode 154: Julian Smith—Pitch Clubs, Falling in Love with the Work, and Aloha Rodeo May 31, 2019

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"You gotta fall in love with your subject, and sometimes people have to pull you out," says Julian Smith (@juliansmith on Twitter).

Julian is the co-author of Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West. It is published by William Morrow.

Thanks to Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction for the support.

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Episode 153: Amanda Petrusich—Clinging to Tiny Victories, Letting the Process Sustain You, and Wet Jeans May 24, 2019

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"It's like wet jeans, that's the feeling of generating a bunch of crappy writing," says Amanda Petrusich, a staff writer for The New Yorker.

Amanda can be found @amandapetrusich on Twitter.

She's the author of Don't Sell at Any Price and she came by the show to talk about her career and early struggles.

Thanks to Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction for the support.

You can join me on Twitter @BrendanOMeara and @CNFPod. Instagram is @cnfpod.

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Episode 152: Philip Gerard—Fiction, Nonfiction, and the Writer's Magical Combination May 17, 2019

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"For a writer, ignorance and curiosity are a magical combination," says Philip Gerard.

Philp Gerard, author of The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina and the novel Cape Fear Rising, returns to CNF to talk about his latest book.

Philip is a professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and has written several books. Visit philipgerard.com for more information.

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Thanks to Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction for the support.

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Episode 151: Jenny Odell—How to Do Nothing May 10, 2019

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"Find something else that is so absorbing to you. That is a place you can go to get away from [social media]," says Jenny Odell.

Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing, came by the show.

Thanks to Goucher's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path's MFA in Creative Nonfiction for the support.

Be sure keep the conversation going on Twitter @BrendanOMeara and @CNFPod.

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Episode 150: Ian Frisch—Good Ideas Know No Age May 03, 2019

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"A good idea knows no experience level or age," says Ian Frisch, @IanFrisch on Twitter.

Ian Frisch, author of Magic is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians.

We dig deep into the book, as well his approach to freelancing.

Thanks to our show's patrons in Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction.

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