Episodes: 269
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
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Brooke Warner - Publisher, author, writing coach, and co-founder and publisher of She Writes Press, Brooke Warner specializes in supporting authors and helping writers develop and publish their work.
Grant Faulkner - Author and writing advocate, Grant Faulkner is the executive director of National Novel Writing Month and a co-founder of the literary organization 100 Word Story.
Myriam Gurba - Speaking Truth To Power, Critical Writing, Honesty, And The Creative Freedom Of Refusing To Be Nice.
Roxane Gay - Bravery On The Page, Truth-telling, Criticism, And Refusing To Make Writing Acceptable To Everyone.
Beth Macy - Memoir, Poverty, Social Mobility, And Using Narrative Nonfiction To Prompt Difficult Conversations.
Jose Antonio Vargas - Memoir As A Vehicle For Cultural Change, Immigration, Belonging, And Social-cultural Issues.
E. Jean Carroll - Resilience, Truth-telling, Persistence, And Personal Writing Shaped By High-profile Legal Battles.
Captain Nia Gilliam on Monoculture Moments in Memoir
September 07, 2026
We’re taking the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11 to explore monoculture moments in memoir. These are collective events that we’ve all gone through together, where you know exactly where you were when an event happened. Captain Nia Gilliam had one of the most rarified views of 9/11 imaginable, from the cockpit of the last plane cleared for takeoff at Newark Airport on 9/11. Her story is about that day, what she saw and how it threatened to ground her forever, after a lifelong ...
Reyna Grande on Finding Beauty in Your Prison
August 31, 2026
We are back from our summer break with the first guest of our ninth season, Reyna Grande, in conversation about her new book, Migrant Heart. In this book, Reyna examines the ways in which she’s gravitated toward the memories that most hurt. There’s a real tension between excavating sadness and joy in our work, and discovering how both might show up on the page. Reyna’s honest look at questions of fixation, wrapping identity around trauma, and poking at the wound is an invitation to any writer...
Andre Dubus III and Marya Hornbacher on The Cost of Telling the Truth
August 24, 2026
This is the last of our summer Best-Of episodes, this one featuring clips from our interviews with Andre Dubus III and Marya Hornbacher. Yes, these two authors are legacy memoirists, both of whom have written New York Times bestsellers. But also, both know something of the cost of telling the truth. Andre speaks to the cost to his relationships, while Marya speaks to the cost to her reputation. Both know what it is to be scrutinized, but also to stand proud in their raw and honest truths. The...
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