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**WMFA**

A podcast about why and how we write.

Latest Episodes:

Minisode: Accepting Your Process Apr 17, 2019

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How do you feel about the way you get writing done?

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Building a Narrative Labyrinth w. SUMMER BRENNAN Apr 10, 2019

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Journalist Summer Brennan's new book, High Heel, is out now from Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series. She and Courtney discuss her fragmented meditation on feminism and the patriarchy, organizing an extensive research collection, and creating a narrative labyrinth.

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Minisode: Taking Yourself Seriously Apr 03, 2019

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It's foundational to writing—and it's not always easy.

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Telling the Hard Truths w. MORGAN PARKER Mar 27, 2019

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Morgan Parker's poetry collections include There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé and Magical Negro, out now from Tin House. Morgan and Courtney talk about representation and misrepresentation, writing into the vastness of black identity, and how hard it is to tell the truth.

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Minisode: Being a Student Mar 20, 2019

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On always learning and the wisdom of beginner's mind for writers.

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Should You Get an MFA? w. ERICA DAWSON & LEAH HAMPTON Mar 13, 2019

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Should you get an MFA? Courtney talks with special guests Erica Dawson (poet, author, MFA program director) and Leah Hampton (writer, editor, current MFA fellow) about one of the biggest—and most mystifying—decisions a writer can make. Erica Dawson is the author of When Rap Spoke Straight to God, The Small Blades Hurt, and Big-Eyed Afraid. Her work has appeared in three editions of Best American Poetry, The Believer, Virginia Quarterly Review, and other journals and anthologies. She is an associate professor of English and Writing at University of Tampa, where she directs the low-residency MFA program. Leah Hampton is a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers and Editor in Chief of Bat City Review. Her work has appeared in Ecotone, storySouth, Appalachian Heritage, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and elsewhere. Her first book, Bodies, will be released by Henry Holt in 2020.

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Season 4 Teaser Feb 13, 2019

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How to Not Always Be Working w. MARLEE GRACE Dec 19, 2018

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Courtney and Marlee Grace, author of How to Not Always Be Working, discuss inner critics, inspirational women, and turning our creativity into money.

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Minisode: Jealousy Dec 12, 2018

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Turning Family Members into Characters w. NICOLE CHUNG Dec 05, 2018

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Courtney and Nicole Chung, author of the memoir All You Can Ever Know, discuss the missing perspective in adoption narratives, re-examining familial truths, and writing through grief.

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