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The Pleasure Palate
A talk with podcaster Becca Katz. Plus, the first episode of her new show about societal messages about weight and body image that are passed down…
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Sari Botton
How I Survive as Writer Through Public Speaking
"High-Risk Homosexual" author Edgar Gomez on the validity of caring about money as an emerging writer, and his experience creating a new income stream…
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Edgar Gomez
How's the Writing Going, Cheryl Strayed?
“I love writing. I really do. Even though I often hate it at various points in the process. Learning to accept that has been so important to me.”
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Sari Botton
What I Wish I Knew As a Younger Writer
And what I tell aspiring writers today.
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Sari Botton
"I Approached the Writing of this [Memoir] Like a Poet..."
An interview with poet and memoirist Maggie Smith.
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How's the Writing Going, Deesha Philyaw?
“For me, getting better as a writer is learning how to get to the essence of things and boil down all of that exposition and backstory.”
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"Every Time You Start, You Forget What You Know, Which is the Best Way to Start"
An interview with author Abigail Thomas
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