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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
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.


R.L. Maizes on Internalizing the Pain and Feelings of Animals

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August 31, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Benjamin Nugent on Writing About Male Privilege After #MeToo

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August 24, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Ursula Hegi on the Seam Between Bliss and Sorrow

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August 17, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Souvankham Thammavongsa Wants Readers to Question What’s Real

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August 10, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Michelle Bowdler: Why Does Rape Go Largely Uninvestigated?

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August 3, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Sejal Shah on Making Oneself Visible in America

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July 27, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Anne Enright on Losing Loved Objects to the Gaze of Others

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July 20, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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TaraShea Nesbit on What We Don’t Talk About in the Plymouth Narrative

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July 13, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Embedding with American Christianity

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July 6, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Mary South on Living With Your Grief

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June 29, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Lori Gottlieb on the Relationship Between Narrative and Therapy

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June 22, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Vanessa Hua on Writing and Understanding Diverse Characters

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June 15, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Poet Jane Hirshfield on Facing the Abyss

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June 8, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Sue Monk Kidd Searches for Divine Feminine Imagery

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June 1, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Emily Nemens on Baseball and the Geological History of Place

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May 26, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Ann Napolitano on Going Deep to Discover Who Your Characters Are

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May 18, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Anna Solomon: Girls Can Be Scary

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May 11, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Carolyn Forché: ‘The Images Have to Find Their Language’

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May 4, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Ander Monson: Take Criticism Like the Spice Girls

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April 27, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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Sahar Mustafah: ‘I Wasn’t Going to Silence My Narrative’

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April 20, 2020  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing 
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