Wednesday, October 26, 2022Episode 25 - Jared Povanda: "Missing Pieces"
Upstate NY author Jared Povanda reveals his love of fantasy novels, and explains how those books gave him the building blocks to create his own unique...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022Episode 24 - Olufunke Grace Bankole: "Niyi and the Tan Stucco House"
Nigerian-American author Olufunke Grace Bankole shares stories about her life, from serving as an intern with the Supreme Court, to the many impressio...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022Episode 23 - Minyoung Lee: "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
Oakland, CA author Minyoung Lee shares her thoughts about the ways in which the immigrant time capsule effect contributed to her way of seeing the wor...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022Episode 22 - Julia Strayer: "Empty House"
We learn from Connecticut author Julia Strayer how the misfits, eccentrics and outsiders she often writes about are, in a way, a reaction to the perso...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022Episode 21 - Josh Dale: "A Losing Bet"
Pennsylvania author Josh Dale explains how creating a small press publishing house became a way to combine his love of books with his pursuit of a car...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022Episode 20 - Reena Shah: "Gloria"
Michener Fellow Reena Shah talks about living as a young woman in Mumbai while learning the classical dance form known as khatak. She took inspiration...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022Episode 19 - Sarah Schweitzer: "Love, Loss, Live"
New Hampshire author Sarah Schweitzer explains how writing fiction was for her a natural extension of the work she had done as a Pulitzer-nominated jo...
Wednesday, September 7, 2022Episode 18 - Ahsan Butt: "Window"
Toronto-born author Ahsan Butt talks about growing up in a Punjabi community in Canada before venturing south to the U.S. He writes movingly about wha...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022Episode 17 - Erik Pardos Olsen: "Straight People"
Danish-born, London-based author Erik Pardos Olsen writes short stories about life in East London. His on-line collection "Queer as in Weird"...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022Episode 16 - Marcela Fuentes: "The Observable World"
Texas author Marcela Fuentes won a 2022 Pushcart Prize for her short story "The Observable World," published in Ploughshares in their Summer 2021 issu...
Wednesday, August 17, 2022Episode 15 - A. Rafael Johnson: "Morrison's Note"
Minnesota author A. Rafael Johnson tells us how this week's story began life as a birthday gift to a friend in his college creative writing progr...
Wednesday, August 10, 2022Episode 14 - Jules Chung: "Posting From a Secret Post-Op Bedside"
New Jersey author Jules Chung shares a glimpse into her experience of visiting relatives as a teenager in Seoul, South Korea in her reading of her poe...