Writing Stories

166 - "Vomit drafts" - Teddy Wayne tells the story of The Au Pair

Each episode of Writing Stories features an interview with a contemporary author about how her book went from an idea in her head to an object on a shelf. Join us on Writing Stories for honesty, struggle, and triumph, for writing community, publishing insight, and inspiration to persist in whatever difficult but meaningful journey you've chosen for yourself.

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166 - "Vomit drafts" - Teddy Wayne tells the story of The Au Pair

Mon, 06 Jul 2026
165 - The Sexiest Form: A Conversation with the Series Editor of Best American Short Stories 2025 and a Featured Author

Sat, 17 Jan 2026
164 - Developing the Negatives of a Life: Painter Pat Lipsky on 50 Years of Making Art in New York City

Sat, 01 Nov 2025
163 - Make More Pots! Marguerite Sheffer on Perseverance and Experimentation.

Thu, 16 Oct 2025
162 - To Have No Shame On Your Face -- T Clark's Journey to a Two-Book Deal.

Sat, 27 Sep 2025
161 - With My Background in Publishing, I Knew Nothing Was Make-or-Break

Fri, 01 Aug 2025
160 - "This is my start" — Lorraine Russell tells the story of Love and Shadows

Thu, 17 Jul 2025
159 - "I'm not writing just for myself" — Danielle Teller tells the story of FORGED

Tue, 17 Jun 2025
158 - “There’s Someone Out There...I just Have to Find Them." — Christine Kalafus tells the story of FLOOD

Wed, 04 Jun 2025
157 - Two Things That Are Anathema in Publishing — Deesha Philyaw tells the story of The Secret Lives of Church Ladie

Thu, 29 May 2025
156 - "Your Life Can Be Set Up Like An Artist's Residency" — Sasha Hom tells the story of Sidework

Tue, 20 May 2025
155 - A Safe Place to Explore — Jennie Case tells the story of We Are Animals

Thu, 15 May 2025
154 - "Are You All In?" — Rebe Huntman tells the story of My Mother in Havana

Mon, 21 Apr 2025
153 - The Dignity of Small Things — Libby Maxey tells the story of Indwelling

Mon, 14 Apr 2025
152 - Have The Audacity — Dori Lumpkin tells the story of Antenora

Wed, 09 Apr 2025
151 - "I Learned the Hard Way" — Emma Pattee tells the story of TILT

Mon, 31 Mar 2025
150 - "Charge into the Messiness" —Wayne Scott tells the story of The Maps They Gave Us

Thu, 27 Mar 2025
149 - "It's really annoying to write a novel" — Mariam Rahmani tells the story of Liquid

Thu, 20 Mar 2025
148 - Do what you have to do to get the work done — Cally Fiedorek tells the story of Atta Boy

Mon, 17 Mar 2025
147 - Questioning Assumptions — Nicole Graev Lipson tells the story of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters

Fri, 14 Mar 2025
146 - Once I found the voice and the mode of the narrative, I could just PLAY — Shubha Sunder tells the story of Optional Practical Training

Tue, 11 Mar 2025
145 - "I DO belong over here on this side" — Nanda Reddy tells the story of A Girl Within A Girl Within A Girl

Fri, 07 Mar 2025
144 - Don't Revise, Explode — Elyse Durham tells the story of Maya and Natasha

Mon, 24 Feb 2025
143 - "Oh, you want a plot? I'll GIVE you A PLOT" — Emily J. Smith tells the story of Nothing Serious

Thu, 20 Feb 2025
142 - "Take Your Time" — Olufunke Grace Bankole Tells the Story of The Edge of Water

Wed, 19 Feb 2025
141 - "You Don't Suck" — Lidia Yuknavitch tells the story of Reading the Waves

Wed, 05 Feb 2025
140 - "It Took 8 Years To Write" — Susan Barker Tells the Story of Old Soul

Wed, 29 Jan 2025
139 - "Please Stop Me if This Is Going Terribly" — Erika Swyler tells the story of We Lived on the Horizon

Tue, 21 Jan 2025
138 - "Making art is a lot like making a kid—It is just this really intense expression of being alive"

Sun, 19 Jan 2025
137 - RERELEASE! A Major Problem with Publication

Tue, 14 Jan 2025
136 - RERELEASE! The most hardcore writing hack ever

Mon, 13 Jan 2025
135 - RERELEASE! Shannon Sanders talks about her award-winning story collection Company

Sun, 12 Jan 2025
134 - "The Blank Space Became the Book" — Amy Wilson Tells the Story of Happy To Help

Fri, 10 Jan 2025
133 - RERELEASE! Letting Go of What You Can't Control

Fri, 10 Jan 2025
132 - RERELEASE! "I Had to Do Whatever Was Necessary to Communicate"

Thu, 09 Jan 2025
131 - "Traditional Publishing Industry B******t" — Amanda Fields tells the story of My Caesarean

Mon, 23 Dec 2024
130 - "If You're Not Getting the Dopamine Boost, Then Why Bother?" — Terese Svoboda tells the story of Roxy and Coco and The Long Swim

Wed, 18 Dec 2024
129 - This Very Sacrificial Thing — Jaclyn Gilbert Tells the Story of Late Air

Fri, 06 Dec 2024
128 - "What If We Free Ourselves?" — Vera Blossom Tells the Story of How To F**k Like A Girl

Wed, 04 Dec 2024
127 - "Too Many Emotions and No Tranquility" — Jessica E. Johnson Tells the Story of Mettlework

Sat, 23 Nov 2024
126 - "A Dream Come True" — Polly Rosenwaike tells the story of Look How Happy I'm Making You

Mon, 18 Nov 2024
125 - Writing From Post-Election Anxiety — Danny Goodman Tells the Story of Amerikaland

Tue, 12 Nov 2024
124 - Wonderful and Terrible — Jazmina Barrera Tells The Story of Linea Nigra

Wed, 06 Nov 2024
123 - "No One Can Read It If It Doesn't Get Published" — Kate Brody tells the story of RABBIT HOLE (Paperback out Tuesday!)

Fri, 25 Oct 2024
122 - "Nobody Can Write A Book Everyone Loves" — Brittany Means Tells the Story of Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways

Sat, 19 Oct 2024
121 - Moving from Doubt to Self-Belief — Kate Weinberg tells the story of There's Nothing Wrong With Her

Fri, 11 Oct 2024
120 - Memoir as an Exercise in Perspective — Cheryl Klein Tells the Story of Crybaby

Sat, 05 Oct 2024
119 - The Power of Lemon Cake — Marie Mutsuki Mockett tells the story of The Tree Doctor

Fri, 27 Sep 2024
118 - "Writing is a place I love to come back to" — Rebecca J. Sanford tells the story of The Disappeared

Sun, 11 Aug 2024
117 - I'm Choosing This — Elle Everhart tells the story of Hot Summer

Wed, 07 Aug 2024