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Latest Episodes
Exploring the Quiet Moments w. SIMON HAN
Simon Han's debut novel is Nights When Nothing Happened, out now from Riverhead Books. He and Courtney discuss the tricky label of universality, turning a short story into a novel, and how writing is like the Fast & Furious franchise. In today's bonus seg
Writing Into Contradictions w. DEESHA PHILYAW
Deesha Philyaw's fiction debut, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, is a National Book Award finalist. She and Courtney talk about creating complex characters, writing Black women, and staying true to your vision even in the face of rejection.
WMFA ARCHIVES: Fighting Perfectionism w. CELESTE NG
Celeste Ng is the author of Little Fires Everywhere and Everything I Never Told You.
WMFA ARCHIVES: Being Patient and Indulgent w. GARTH GREENWELL
Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You and Cleanness, and a 2020 Guggenheim fellow. In 2017, he and Courtney talked about being a poet novelist, the language of desire, and why he writes first drafts by hand.
WMFA ARCHIVES: Storytelling as an Act of Love w. WAYÉTU MOORE
In conversation with Courtney Balestier
Inventing Complex Characters w. GENEVIEVE HUDSON
Genevieve Hudson's debut novel, BOYS OF ALABAMA, is out now from Liveright. They and Courtney talk about developing complicated characters, writing the supernatural, and exploring "capital-T truth" in fiction.
Minisode: Transformation
What in your creative process are you ready to say goodbye to?
Minisode: Transformation
What in your creative process are you ready to say goodbye to?
Capturing Grief and Collective Memory w. CARTER SICKELS
Carter Sickels latest novel, THE PRETTIEST STAR, is out now from Hub City Press. He and Courtney talk about activist art, writing poignancy without sentimentality, and documenting queer rural narratives.