In this podcast: What is Fiction? We try to answer this question drawing from William Faulkner’s “Banquet Speech” and Loorie Moore’s “Dance in America.”
William Faulkner
Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There are no longer problems of the spirit. There is [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
to MFA or not to MFA?
In this podcast: a look at MFA programs and what they can do for the young writer. Also, Sherman Alexie will be in the DC area for the Fall for the Book festival. We say “yes” a lot, maybe that’ll stop once we learn to script these things a little better.
Fall for the Book
What began as a two-day literary [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
The Small Press Scene
In this podcast: (explicit quote by Junot Diaz) The Small Press, a conversation with D. Cullen Nolan local author and founder of Phoenix Tree Publishing. Announcements: 1 Crafty Bastards, an exhibition/sale of handmade alternative arts and crafts from independent artists. 2 Write Night, an open enrollment creative writing workshop in the DC area. 3 Mixtape, a [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
Workshop: a Terrible Place?In this podcast: Quote from Sandra Cisneros (25th Anniversary of The House on Mango Street) and the experience of “workshops.” Daynee and Carlos discuss the not so good aspects of creative writing workshops and some of the kinds of feedback one may get in a beginners workshop.
SANDRA CISNEROS
Follow the quote to the interview at WNYC.org
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