Podcasts by FEAR NO LIT presents: Show Your Work

FEAR NO LIT presents: Show Your Work

Show Your Work is a short literary podcast featuring authors of very short prose. In their own words, authors explain the myriad choices they made to create a single beautiful piece of writing. At the end, they read the piece in full.

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FEAR NO LIT presents: Show Your Work
Episode 9: Kaj Tanaka - "Volleyball" from 2017-12-12T23:51:10

Kaj Tanaka walks us through the inspiration, construction, and revision of his 200 word story, Volleyball. This story appeared in issue 9.1 of NANO FICTION.

http://nanofiction.org/category...

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Episode 8: Maggie Su - "Egg Alien" from 2017-12-01T13:07:33

Maggie Su explains the whys and hows of fighting for the lines you love, the importance of believing in your own intention, and what radical self-love can look like. "Egg Alien" was originally publ...

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Episode 7: Amanda Malone - "Someday Baby, You Ain't Gonna Worry About Me Anymore" from 2017-11-02T23:01:21

What does it mean to be the one crawling through the doggy door? Amanda Malone gives the low-down on her flash story, "Someday Baby, You Ain't Gonna Worry About Me Anymore," originally published in...

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Episode 6: Dennis Herbert - "Everybody is Waiting" from 2017-10-04T13:11:36

Dennis Herbert talks about his story, "Everybody is Waiting," originally published by The Airgonaut in October of 2016. Dennis talks about influences as varied as childhood, Jurassic Park, the 1988...

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Episode 5: Meghan Phillips - "Angel Peaches Baby Honey Sweetie Pie Sugar" from 2017-09-01T18:49:49

Writer Meghan Phillips talks about how a goal to write more poetry, plus a Kathy Fish workshop, plus memories of hormones came together to make her flash fiction story, ANGEL PEACHES BABY HONEY SWE...

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Episode 4: Tyrese Coleman - "They Reminisce Over You" from 2017-08-04T11:47:11

Writer Tyrese Coleman talks hip-hop, metaphors, and how a trick ending doesn't cut it in flash. We go in depth about her story, "They Reminisce Over You," originally published in Hobart.

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Episode 3: Michael Torres - "Short Stories" from 2017-07-05T13:17:38

Poet and essayist Michael Torres talks through his flash CNF, "Short Stories," originally published in Paper Darts.

Read it: www.paperdarts.org/literary-magaziā€¦1/short-stories

Thi...

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Episode 2: Kara Vernor - "Don Johnson is Not Your Man" from 2017-07-05T11:30:44

In this episode, Kara Vernor gives us a detailed look at how her flash story, "Don Johnson is Not Your Man" came into being.

Read it: wigleaf.com/201208dj.htm

Buy the book it appe...

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Episode 1: Pete Stevens - "The Carnival Man" from 2017-07-04T01:57:34

**this is the pilot episode, and at the time I made it, I was calling the show "Story Exploder," which is why the intro and outro contain that name**

Pete Stevens gives us the scoop on his...

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