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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Mitzi Rapkin

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, non-fiction, essay, and poetry writers. First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing highlights the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. This weekly show hosted by Mitzi Rapkin is a celebration of creative writing and the individuals who are dedicated to bringing their carefully chosen words to print as well as the impact writers have on the world we live in.
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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Walter Mosley

First Draft - Walter Mosley

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

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01/13/20 • 39 min

Walter Mosley is a fiction, non-fiction, and screenplay writer. He has written more than 50 books, including the bestselling mystery series featuring detective Easy Rawlins. His latest book is called Elements of Fiction.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Paul Yoon

First Draft - Paul Yoon

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08/14/17 • 35 min

Paul Yoon was born in New York City. His first book, Once the Shore, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Debut of the Year by National Public Radio. His novel, Snow Hunters, won the 2014 Young Lions Fiction Award. His new novel is The Mountain.
A recipient of a 5 under 35 Award from the National Book Foundation and a fellowship from the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, he is currently a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard University along with his wife, the fiction writer Laura van den Berg.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Emily Bernard

First Draft - Emily Bernard

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07/22/19 • 37 min

Emily Bernard was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a B. A. and Ph. D. in American Studies from Yale University. Her work has appeared in The American Scholar, The Boston Globe Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, Green Mountains Review, Oxtford American, Ploughshares, The New Republic, and theatlantic.com. Her essay collection is called Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Emily Nemens

First Draft - Emily Nemens

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05/25/20 • 52 min

Emily Nemens is a writer, illustrator, and editor. Her debut novel, The Cactus League, was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in February 2020. In 2018, Nemens became the seventh editor of The Paris Review, the nation’s preeminent literary quarterly. In this episode we discuss The Cactus League.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel Popkin
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08/06/18 • 42 min

Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel Popkin edited Who Will Speak for America?, which includes fiction, essays, photos, cartoons, and poetry from 43 contributing authors. The anthology was compiled just before the 2016 Presidential inaugeration of Donald Trump.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - James Wood

First Draft - James Wood

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07/09/18 • 45 min

James Wood has been a staff writer and book critic at The New Yorker since 2007. His critical essays are collected in The Broken Estate: Essays on Literature and Belief; The Irresponsible Self: On Laughter and the Novel, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and The Fun Stuff: And Other Essays. He is also the author of a novels Upstate and The Book Against God and a study of technique in the novel called, How Fiction Works.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Michelle Bowdler

First Draft - Michelle Bowdler

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08/03/20 • 58 min

Michelle Bowdler is the author of Is Rape a Crime? Michelle is a recipient of a 2017 Barbara Deming Memorial Award for non-fiction and has been a Fellow at Ragdale and MacDowell Colony. She has been published in the New York Times and in the anthologies The Anatomy of Silence and We Rise to Resist: Voices from a New Era in Women’s Political Action.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft: George Hodgman

First Draft: George Hodgman

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07/01/19 • 35 min

George Hodgman is the author of Bettyville.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Devi Laskar

First Draft - Devi Laskar

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06/17/19 • 34 min

Devi Laskar is the author of two poetry collections: Gas & Food, No Lodging and Anastasia Maps and the novel: The Atlas of Reds and Blues. She lives in Northern California.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Emma Glass

First Draft - Emma Glass

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01/04/21 • 57 min

Emma Glass was born in Wales and now lives in London. She is a writer and works as a children’s nurse. Her debut novel Peach has been translated into seven languages and was on the longlist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. Her second novel is called Rest and Be Thankful.

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How many episodes does First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing have?

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing currently has 511 episodes available.

What topics does First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Books and Arts.

What is the most popular episode on First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing?

The episode title 'First Draft - Walter Mosley' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing?

The average episode length on First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is 51 minutes.

How often are episodes of First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing released?

Episodes of First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing?

The first episode of First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing was released on Nov 7, 2015.

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