The Lives of Writers

Updated: 16 Jan 2024 • 126 episodes
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Candid conversations with writers about their lives in and out of books.

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On today's episode of The Lives of Writers, Jeff Alessandrelli interviews LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs. LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs is a poet and sound artist. She is the author of the poetry collections, Village (Coffee House Press, 2023)  and TwERK (Belladonna, 2013), in addition to three chapbooks. Her interdisciplinary work

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On today's episode of The Lives of Writers, Aaron Burch interviews Lindsay Hunter. Lindsay Hunter is the author most recently of the novel Hot Springs Drive (Roxane Gay Books, 2023). She's also the author of two story collections, Daddy's and Don't Kiss Me, and the novels Ugly Girls and Eat Only When You're Hungry. She

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On today's episode of The Lives of Writers, Kevin Maloney interviews Mike Nagel. Mike Nagel is the author of Duplex (Autofocus Books, 2022) and now the author of Culdesac (Autofocus Books, 2024). He also wrote the music for this podcast and a column called The Unintentionalist for the literary magazine Little Engines.

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Autofocus Books authors Aaron Burch, Kristine Langley Mahler, Danny Caine, and Holly Pelesky read selections from their books  and interview each other briefly about the work they've read. Aaron Burch is the author of the essay collection A Kind of In-Between and editor of How to Write a Novel: An Anthology of 20 Craft

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On today's episode of The Lives of Writers, Michael Wheaton interviews Lexi Kent-Monning. Lexi Kent-Monning is the author of the novel, The Burden of Joy, which is out now from Rejection Letters Press. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming in XRAY, Joyland, Tilted House Review, Neutral Spaces, Little Engines

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On today's episode of The Lives of Writers, Mike Nagel interviews Parker Young. Parker Young is the author of the the short story collection Cheap Therapist Says You're Insane (Future Tense Books) . His stories have appeared in  X-R-A-Y, HAD,  Juked, and elsewhere.  A story from Parker's collection, "On the Toilet," wa

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