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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 - Antoine Wilson

First Draft - Antoine Wilson

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01/08/24 • 57 min

Antoine Wilson is the author of the novel Mouth to Mouth, which was featured on Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Reading List. His other novels include The Interloper and Panorama City. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Quarterly West, and Best New American Voices, among other publications. He is a contributing editor at A Public Space.

This was recorded live at the 2023 Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago. We talked about what it means to be a good person, first drafts, writing what you want to read, the intricacies of visual and literary art, and remembering the vibes of great books.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Mark Wunderlich

First Draft - Mark Wunderlich

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01/18/21 • 82 min

Mark Wunderlich was born in Winona, Minnesota and grew up in rural Fountain City, Wisconsin. He attended Concordia College’s Institut für Deutsche Studien, and later the University of Wisconsin from which he received a BA in German Literature and English. Wunderlich earned a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University’s School of the Arts Writing Division where he studied poetry with J.D. McClatchy, William Matthews and Lucie Brock-Broido, among others, and translation with William Weaver and Frank MacShane. His poetry collections include The Anchorage, Voluntary Servitude, The Earth Avails, and God of Nothingness.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Carol Edgarian

First Draft - Carol Edgarian

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04/05/21 • 56 min

Carol Edgarian is an award-winning novelist, essayist, teacher, and editor. Her novels includeVera, the New York Times bestseller Three Stages of Amazement, and the international bestseller Rise the Euphrates. Carol’s articles and essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, NPR, and W, among many other places, and she coedited The Writer’s life: Intimate Thoughts on Work, Love, Inspiration, and Fame from the Diaries of the World’s Great Writers. In 2003 Carol and her husband, Tom Jenks, founded the nonprofit Narrative, a leading digital publisher of fiction, poetry, essays, and art.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Steven Schwartz (Returns)

First Draft - Steven Schwartz (Returns)

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02/07/22 • 65 min

Steven Schwartz is the author of four short story collections, Little Raw Souls, To Leningrad in Winter, Lives of the Fathers, Madagascar: New and Selected Stories, and three novels, The Tenderest of Strings, Therapy and A Good Doctor’s Son. His fiction has received the Nelson Algren Award, the Sherwood Anderson Prize, the Cohen Award, the Colorado Book Award for the Novel, two O. Henry Prize Story Awards, the Foreword Review Gold Medal for Short Stories, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, and Bread Loaf.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Jamie Harrison

First Draft - Jamie Harrison

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01/11/21 • 48 min

Jamie Harrison, who has lived in Montana with her family for more than thirty years, has worked as a caterer, a gardener, and an editor, and is the author of six novels: The Center of Everything, The Widow Nash and the four Jules Clement/Blue Deer mysteries, slated to be reissued soon by Counterpoint Press: The Edge of the Crazies, Going Local, An Unfortunate Prairie Occurrence, and Blue Deer Thaw. She was awarded the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award for The Widow Nash and was a finalist for the High Plains Book Award.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - David Grann

First Draft - David Grann

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06/11/18 • 40 min

David Grann is a NY Times bestselling author. His books include The Lost City of Z, The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, and Killers of the Flower Moon.

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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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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Rebecca Watson

First Draft - Rebecca Watson

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10/05/20 • 60 min

Rebecca Watson is the author of the novel little scratch. She writes for publications including the Financial Times, The Times Literary Supplement, and Granta. In 2018 she was short-listed for the White Review Short Story Prize.

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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - First Draft - Nick Flynn

First Draft - Nick Flynn

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11/18/19 • 45 min

Nick Flynn is the author of twelve books including the memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City and most recently the poetry collection, I Will Destroy You.

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

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing currently has 482 episodes available.

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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 50 minutes.

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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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