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**WMFA**

A podcast about why and how we write.

Latest Episodes:

Presenting Women Characters w. LENI ZUMAS Apr 04, 2018

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Writing Desire and Faith w. JAMIE QUATRO Mar 21, 2018

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Making Art and Podcasts w. MIKE SAKASEGAWA & COURTNEY BALESTIER Dec 06, 2017

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In this special joint episode, Courtney and Mike Sakasegawa—photographer, writer, and host of the arts podcast Keep the Channel Open—talk about podcasting and what they're working on off the air.

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Figuring Out the Book You Want to Write w. JOANNA SCUTTS Nov 22, 2017

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Fighting Perfectionism w. CELESTE NG Nov 08, 2017

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Courtney and Celeste Ng—author of Little Fires Everywhere and Everything I Never Told You—do a deep dive into process: what makes a good beginning, finding the voice, reverse outlining and more. They also discuss writing about identity and the other, and the importance of multiple narratives.

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Cutting Away the Obvious w. ZINZI CLEMMONS Oct 25, 2017

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What We Lose author Zinzi Clemmons on writing grief, experimental literature and the author who changed her life.

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Coaxing Out Your Subconscious w. CARMEN MARIA MACHADO Oct 11, 2017

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Carmen Maria Machado's debut short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, is short-listed for the National Book Award. She joins Courtney to talk about how short stories are like algebra (in a good way), processing life through narrative, and why she also loves writing erotica.

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Rewriting And Rewriting More w. MATTHEW NEWTON Sep 27, 2017

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Matthew Newton—author of Shopping Mall, part of Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series—talks with Courtney about the mall's place in our culture and his life, balancing memoir and reportage, and the question to ask before starting your next project.

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Writing Your Way to a Theory w. NICK RIGGLE Sep 13, 2017

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Season two is here! Nick Riggle—skater, philosopher and author of the new book On Being Awesome—talks about his theory of awesomeness, how hard it is to write clearly, and how some of his favorite projects have been reactions to creative dissatisfaction.

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Special Episode: Readings by Glenn Taylor, Jeremy B. Jones & Rebecca Gayle Howell Aug 30, 2017

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I had an incredible experience at my first Appalachian Writers' Workshop this summer, and I'm excited to bring you three readings recorded live at AWW: novelist Glenn Taylor, nonfiction writer Jeremy B. Jones and poet Rebecca Gayle Howell. WMFA is back with season two in September!

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