Writers on Craft

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Suzanne LaGrande talks with writers about the craft of writing and the creative process.

 

Writers on Craft: a weekly podcast

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BooTwo - second stream
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Retired

Writers on Craft: Anthony Doerr

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
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Anthony Doerr is the author of four books, The Shell Collector, About Grace, Four Seasons in Rome, and, most recently, Memory Wall. Doerr’s short fiction has won four O. Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, The Anchor Book of New Americ... Read more

Writers on Craft: Ted Katz

Airs at: Tue, 03/13/2012 at 12:00am
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 In this interview, Suzanne LaGrande talks with painter and writer Ted Katz about the characteristics of creative people, the relationship between writing, painting and other forms of community, and the importance of getting lost. Read more

Writers on Craft: Maxine Hong Kingston

Airs at: Tue, 03/13/2012 at 12:00am
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 Suzanne LaGrande interviews Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior, China Men, The Fifth Book of Peace, and most recently, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life. A teacher, as well as a writer, Ms. Kingston taught creative writing at UC Berkeley since 1981. Recently ... Read more

Writers on Craft: David Biespiel

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2012 at 12:00am
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 Suzanne LaGrande  interviews poet David Biespiel.   In addition to founding the Attic Institute, a literary haven and think tank for writers, Mr. Biespiel recently published Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces, a book about the creative process.  In this interview, Mr. Biesp... Read more

Writers on Craft on 12/22/11

Airs at: Thu, 12/22/2011 at 12:00am
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  Jennifer Egan is the author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, The Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus and the story collection Emerald City. In 2011, she won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was a ... Read more

Writers on Craft on 11/17/11

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Host Suzanne LaGrande interviews award-winning poet Jane Hirshfield about the process of writing poetry and what she knows now about writing she didn't know when she first started. Ms. Hirshfield is the author of seven collections of poetry, including After (HarperCollins, ... Read more

Writers on Craft: Jane Hirshfield

Airs at: Wed, 11/02/2011 at 12:00am
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Normal 0 0 1 123 706 5 1 867 11.1539 0 0 0   Writers on Craft: Jane Hirshfield Suzanne LaGrande interviews award-winning poet and translator Jane Hirshfield.  Ms. Hirshfield is the author of seven collections of poetry, including After (HarperCollins, 2006); Given... Read more

Writers on Craft: Octaviano Merecias Cuevas

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2011 at 12:00am
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Writers on Craft: Charles Yu

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2011 at 12:00am
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Writers on Craft: Maile Meloy

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2011 at 12:00am
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