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Amy E. Wallen on the Complicated Role of Memory in Memoir

In the last episode, Ona Russell talks with Amy E. Wallen about her memoir, When We Were Ghouls: A Memoir of Ghost Stories, eliminating memories in the writing process, and the art of pie-making.

Season 4

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Episode 6

Bernhard Schlink on How the Wind of His Childhood Went Into His Latest Novel

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Episode 5

Jeri Westerson on Being a Productive Writer: “Get It All Out”

Episode 5

Episode 4

Marivi Soliven on the Challenges For Interpreters to Remain Faceless

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Wade Graham on Our Responsibility to Our Own Communities

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Susan Straight on the Vast Unknown of California

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Kathi Diamant on Dora Diamant, the Amazing Woman Who Captured Kafka's Heart

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Season 3

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Episode 5

Adam Schiff on How Fiction Can Help Us Understand Political Turmoil

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How Being a Corporate Spy Led Robert Kerbeck to Become a Writer

Episode 4

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Héctor Tobar on How a Novel Can Only Be Successful When It Sees the Whole Person

Episode 3

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Rachel Howzell Hall on Why Crime Captures Every Genre of Writing

Episode 2

Episode 1

David L. Ulin on How Walking Is an Act of “Re-Creation”

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Season 2

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Episode 5

Shelley Blanton-Stroud On the Different Ways We Mythologize the Past

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Episode 4

Jeffrey J. Lousteau on How His Career in Architecture Influences His Writing

Episode 4

Episode 3

Sally J. Pla on Her Journey to Becoming a Children’s Book Author

Episode 3

Episode 2

Bill Fitzhugh on Finding Satire in the Serious

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Episode 1

Caitlin Rother on Always Wanting to Tell the Truth

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Season 1

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Episode 5

Amy E. Wallen on the Complicated Role of Memory in Memoir

Episode 5

Episode 4

Tod Goldberg on Being Ruled By Your Own Game

Episode 4

Episode 3

Dennis K. Crosby on the Moral Beauty of Urban Fantasy

Episode 3

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Patricia Santana on Why Young Adult Fiction Is For Everyone

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Quan Huynh on Finding Freedom From Behind Bars

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