Podcasts by Fierce Womxn Writing - Inspiring You to Write More

Ellen Hagan - Author of YA novel in verse, Reckless, Glorious, Girl and a new poetry collection called Blooming Fiascoes from 2021-04-22T00:00

Ellen Hagan is the author of two new releases: a YA novel in verse called Reckless, Glorious, Girl, and a poetry collection called Blooming Fiascoes. Hagan is also the co-autho...

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Heather Ostman - Author of The Second Chance Home for Girls and Rhetorical Lives from 2021-04-15T00:00

Heather Ostman is the author of the new novel, The Second Chance Home for Girls. Told through three interwoven narrative voices, it’s a story of friendship and freedom, loss and grief, ...

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Elle Marr - Author of Lies We Bury, a newly released thriller from 2021-04-08T00:00

Elle Marr is the author of The Lies We Bury, a newly released thriller. She strives to tell powerful and compelling stories of womxn who demonstrate resilience in the face of great obst...

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Meg Medina, author of Merci Suárez Can’t Dance, the sequel to the Newbery-award winning young adult novel, Merci Suárez Changes Gears from 2021-04-01T00:00

Meg Medina is the author of Merci Suárez Can’t Dance, the sequel to the Newberry-award winning young adult novel, Merci Suárez Changes Gears. She is a New York Times b...

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Amy Solomon - Editor of Notes From The Bathroom Line, a collection of humor writing by 150 modern womxn and nonbinary writers from 2021-03-18T00:00

Amy Solomon is the editor of Notes From The Bathroom Line, an anthology of all new humor pieces (essays, satire, short stories, poetry, cartoons, artwork, and more) by 150 womxn and non...

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Layla AlAmmar - author of Silence is a Sense, a novel about the fundamental need for human connection, written from the viewpoint of a Syrian refugee from 2021-03-11T00:00

Layla AlAmmar is the author of Silence is a Sense, a profound and life-affirming novel that follows a mute Syrian refugee grappling with her experiences during the Syrian Civil War, and...

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Patricia Engel - Author of Infinite Country, a Reese's Book Club Pick from 2021-03-04T00:00

Patricia Engel is the author of Infinite Country. The novel follows teenager Talia as she and her family grapple with their mixed-immigration statuses, offering an intimate perspective ...

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Kate Hope Day - Author of In the Quick, the story of an ambitious young astronaut whose love affair threatens the rescue of a lost crew from 2021-03-01T22:00

Kate Hope Day is the author of In the Quick, a novel about an ambitious young astronaut whose love affair threatens the rescue of a lost crew. 

“I read In the Quick with ...

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Fan Favorites - Highlights from Hit Episodes featuring Kim Krans, Brittney Morris, Aja Black, Rebekah Taussig, and Melissa Valentine from 2021-02-18T00:00

This week we hear highlights from some of your favorite episodes:

• Episode 15: Brittney Morris...
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Sonya Renee Taylor - Author of The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love from 2021-02-09T00:00

Sonya Renee Taylor is the author of The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, an invitation to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds and bodies and celebrate...

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Arianna Davis - Author of What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living Boldly - and digital director at Oprah Magazine from 2021-02-04T00:00

Arianna Davis is the author of What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living Boldly, an exploration of the feminist icon’s signature style, outspoken politics, and boldness in love and art, e...

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Isabel Ibañez - Author of YA novels Written in Starlight and Woven in Moonlight from 2021-01-28T00:00

Isabel Ibañez is the author of Written in Starlight, a YA novel that continues the story of Woven in Moonlight, where Catalina, the rightful heiress to the Inkasisa throne, has...

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Stephanie Big Eagle - author of the memoir, Thunderbird Rising from 2021-01-21T00:00

Stephanie Big Eagle is the author of Thunderbird Rising, a memoir about reconnecting, resilience, and empowerment.

In this episode, we discuss their writing process, and:

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Timneisha Greene Kim - Author of Athena's Quest: A Lesbian's Quest for Normality from 2021-01-14T00:00

Timneisha Greene Kim is the author of Athena’s Quest: A Lesbian’s Quest for Normality, a memoir that explores coming out while being a Christian, and learning self-love and acceptance i...

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Maika Moulite&Maritza Moulite, authors of One of the Good Ones, a young adult novel about a young womxn living in the aftermath of her sister's death at a BLM protest from 2021-01-07T00:00

Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite are sisters and the authors of One of the Good Ones, a young adult novel that explores Blackness and how it relates to white acceptability, through the...

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Mia Mercado - Author of Weird But Normal, a collection of humor essays exploring the contradictions of being a womxn from 2020-12-31T01:00

Mia Mercado is the author of the collection of humor essays, Weird But Normal, which explores the absurdity of being a womxn, and more particularly, a millennial womxn. 

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Alexandra Chang - Author of Days of Distraction, a novel that examines the question,"How do you exist in a society that does not notice or understand you?" from 2020-12-24T00:00

Alexandra Chang is the author of Days of Distraction, a new novel about a young womxn who leaves home and contends with the question, “How do you exist in a society that does not notice...

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Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, Author of The Moon Book, and the Many Moons Lunar Planner from 2020-12-17T00:00

Sarah Faith Gottesdiener is the author of The Moon Book, “a guide to conscious living through the moon and her phases, incorporating wellness rituals, spellwork, and witchcraft for the ...

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Rachel Mans McKenny - Author of The Butterfly Effect, a novel about an entomologist who steps outside her comfort zone and discovers herself from 2020-12-10T00:00

Rachel Mans McKenny is the author of The Butterfly Effect, a new novel. The book is the story of Greta, an entomologist, who takes an unexpected trip back home and unwinds an “unconvent...

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Riane Konc - Humor Author of Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance: Pick Your Plot, Meet Your Man, and Create the Holiday Love Story of a Lifetime from 2020-12-02T22:00

Riane Konc is the author of Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance: Pick Your Plot, Meet Your Man, and Create the Holiday Love Story of a Lifetime. The book takes you on a humorous trip...

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Mariëlle S. Smith - Author of 52 Weeks of Writing: Author Journal and Planner from 2020-11-26T01:00

Mariëlle S. Smith is the author of 52 Weeks of Writing: Author Journal and Planner. The book helps writers to plan and work on writing goals all year, reflect on your experience writing...

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Marisa Acocella - Author of the graphic novel, The Big She-Bang: The Herstory of the Universe According to God the Mother from 2020-11-19T00:00

Marisa Acocella is the author of The Big She-Bang: The Herstory of the Universe According to God the Mother, an Oprah Magazine book pick. Marisa highlights the ways womxn have been eras...

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Laura Taylor Namey - author of A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, a YA novel that has a diverse take on being a fish out of water from 2020-11-12T00:00

Laura Taylor Namey is the author of A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, a new Young Adult novel that was just chosen as a Reese’s Book Club pick for November 2020. The novel is th...

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Lan Cao&Harlan Van Cao - Authors of Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter from 2020-11-05T00:00

Mother Lan Cao and daughter Harlan Van Cao share the new book they wrote together, Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter, a memoir exploring the American immigrant...

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Zara Stone - Award Winning Journalist and Author of The Future of Science is Female: The Brilliant Minds Shaping the 21st Century, a book for young people about badass scientists and entrepreneurs from 2020-10-29T08:00

Award-winning journalist Zara Stone is the author of The Future of Science is Female: The Brilliant Minds Shaping the 21st Century, a book for young people about badass womxn scientists...

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Francina Simone - YA Author of Smash It!, the story of a curvy girl discovering who she is and what it means to love from 2020-10-22T01:00

Francina Simone, author of YA novel, Smash It! 

In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Being your own best editor
• Blocks coming from undeveloped character...
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Nicole Vick - Public Health Advocate and Author of Pushing Through: Finding the Light in Every Lesson from 2020-10-15T00:00

This week our guest is Nicole Vick, public health advocate and self-published author. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• The benefits of self-publishing
• Wha...
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Sandra Linhart - Author of Daddy's Boots, a children's book about military deployment, and Diary of an Unkempt Woman from 2020-10-08T00:00

This week our guest is Sandra Miller Linhart. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• The importance of having someone else edit your work
• Writing as a program r...
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Deborah Salazar Shapiro - Author of The Magical Mindful Day, an award-winning children's book published in Spanish and English, which explores mindfulness, environmentalism, and our interconnectedness from 2020-09-24T00:00

This week our guest is Deborah Salazar Shapiro, author of the award-winning children’s book published in both Spanish and English, The Magical Mindful Day. In this episode, we discuss h...

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Emily Hashimoto - Author of A World Between from 2020-09-17T00:00

This week our guest is Emily Hashimoto, author of the new novel, A World Between, which explores the relationship between two queer womxn over the span of many years. In this episode, w...

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Jenny Bhatt - Author of Each of Us Killers and Podcast Host of Desi Books from 2020-09-10T00:00

This week our guest is Jenny Bhatt, Indian author of Each of Us Killers. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Editing out your tics
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Xanthe Alexis - Songwriter and Creator of The Offering, an album of atmospheric indie folk music from 2020-09-03T00:00

This week our guest is Xanthe Alexis, songwriter, and creator of the atmospheric indie folk album, The Offering. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Writing...
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Rebekah Taussig - Author of Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body from 2020-08-27T00:00

This week our guest is Rebekah Taussig, author of Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Bei...
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Maisy Card - Author of These Ghosts Are Family, a novel exploring family secrets from 2020-08-20T00:00

This week our guest is Maisy Card, author of the new novel, These Ghosts Are Family. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Never getting rid of anything you l...
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Christina Hammonds Reed - Author of The Black Kids, a YA Novel from 2020-08-13T00:00

This week our guest is Christina Hammonds Reed author of the new YA novel, The Black Kids. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• How screenwriting helped her ...
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Melissa Faliveno - Editor, Essayist, and Author of Tomboyland from 2020-08-06T00:00

This week our guest is Melissa Faliveno, editor, teacher, and author of Tomboyland. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Carving out just five minutes a day<...
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Chet'la Sebree - Author of the poetry collection Mistress from 2020-07-30T00:00

This week our guest is Chet’la Sebree, author of poetry collection Mistress, and the forthcoming lyric meditation Field Study. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, ...

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Lacy Crawford - Author of Notes on a Silencing, the memoir of a young woman's struggle to regain her sense of self after sexual assault, and the efforts of a powerful New England boarding school to silence her at any cost from 2020-07-23T00:00

This week our guest is memoirist Lacy Crawford, author of the memoir Notes on a Silencing, the journalistic account of being sexual assaulted as a teenager at a private school that spen...

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Melissa Valentine - Author of the memoir The Names of All the Flowers from 2020-07-16T00:00

This week our guest is memoirist Melissa Valentine, author of The Names of All the Flowers, which explores growing up mixed race in Oakland, being part of a family fractured by the scho...

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Juli Delgado Lopera - Colombian author of the queer multilingual novel, Fiebre Tropical from 2020-07-09T00:00

This week our guest is Colombian writer Juli Delgado Lopera, author of the queer multilingual novel, Fiebre Tropical. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Ed...
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Casey Cep - New Yorker Writer and Author of the NYT Bestseller, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee from 2020-07-02T00:00

This week our guest is New York Times bestselling author and staff writer at the New Yorker, Casey Cep. Her recent book is Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee...

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Trina Greene Brown - Author of Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black Children from 2020-06-25T00:00

This week our guest is author Trina Greene Brown, author of Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black Children. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Trustin...
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Jaquira Díaz - Author of Ordinary Girls from 2020-06-18T00:00

This week our guest is memoirist Jaquira Díaz, author of Ordinary Girls - a story of growing up queer in Puerto Rico and Miami. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• L...
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Liara Tamani - Author of the young adult novel, All the Things We Never Knew from 2020-06-11T00:00

This week our guest is novelist Liara Tamani, author of All the Things We Never Knew, a young adult novel that follows two Black teenagers as they discover how first love, heartbreak, betrayal, ...

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Aja Black - Songwriter, Vocalist, Musican from The Reminders from 2020-06-04T00:00

This week our guest is Aja Black - songwriter, musician, vocalist, and one half of the creative duo The Reminders. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Asking questio...
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Minna Salami - Author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone from 2020-05-28T00:00

This week our guest is Minna Salami, author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Showing up fo...
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Bishakh Som - Author of Apsara Engine, a collection of graphic short stories from 2020-05-21T00:00

This week our guest is Bishakh Som, author of Apsara Engine, a collection of graphic short stories. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• Turning everything of...
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Aimee Liu - Author of WWII novel Glorious Boy from 2020-05-14T00:00

This week our guest is Aimee Liu, author of Glorious Boy, a novel set in World War II. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• Who to include in your writing gro...
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Valencia Robin - Author of Ridiculous Light, an Award-Winning Poetry Collection from 2020-05-07T00:00

This week our guest is Valencia Robin, visual artist, poet, and author of Ridiculous Light. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• The power of a writing group<...
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Deborah Paredez - Author of the poetry collection Year of the Dog from 2020-04-30T00:00

This week our guest is Deborah Paredez, co-founder of CantoMundo, and author of Year of the Dog, a book of poetry. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• Submit...
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Dallas Woodburn - Author of The Best Week That Never Happened from 2020-04-23T00:00

This week our guest is Dallas Woodburn, author of the young adult novel, The Best Week That Never Happened. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

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Kristen Millares Young - Author of Subduction from 2020-04-16T00:00

This week our guest is Kristen Millares Young, author of Subduction. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• Parenting and writing in short periods of time
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Luba Vikhanski - Author of Gender Mosaic from 2020-04-09T00:00

This week our guest is Luba Vikhanski, author of Gender Mosaic.

In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• Adding tension and suspense to any writing
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Melissa Matthewson - Author of Tracing the Desire Line from 2020-04-02T00:00

This week our guest is Melissa Matthewson, author of Tracing the Desire Line.

In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• Moving your body
• Playing with the word...
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Hala Alyan - Author of The Twenty-Ninth Year from 2020-03-26T00:00

This week our guest is Hala Alyan, poet and author of The Twenty-Ninth Year.

In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• Your writing ritual
• Keeping an inspired...
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Writing in the Time of COVID-19 from 2020-03-19T00:00

This week host Sara Gallagher talks about creativity and writing during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Poet Kristy Milligan shares Perhaps Prayer. 

In this episode, we discuss

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Brittney Morris - Author of Slay from 2020-03-12T00:00

This week our guest is Brittney Morris, author of Slay, a young adult novel based on her idea of what might happen if there were an all-black Wakanda-style video game.

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Kim Krans - Author of Blossoms and Bones, and the Wild Unknown Tarot from 2020-03-05T00:00

This week our guest is New York Times bestselling author Kim Krans, who reads from her new graphic memoir, Blossoms and Bones: Drawing a Life Back Together.

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Ann Hagerty Davenport - Owner at 31 Annotations from 2020-02-27T00:00

This week our guest is Ann Hagerty Davenport: poet, translator, and devotee of fresh bread.

In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• Tuning into what works for your ...
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Ysabel Y. Gonzalez - Author of Wild Invocations from 2020-02-20T00:00

• How poems b...
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T. Susan Chang - Author of Tarot Correspondences from 2020-02-13T00:00

This week our guest is writer T. Susan Chang. Susie writes about the tarot, and occasionally reviews cookbooks. 

In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• How sleep c...
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Dr. Chloe Schwenke - Author of SELF-ish: A Transgender Awakening from 2020-02-06T00:00

This week our guest is creative nonfiction writer Dr. Chloe Schwenke. She reads from her memoir, SELF-ish: A Transgender Awakening.

In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

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Tara Lynn Masih - Author of My Real Name is Hanna from 2020-01-30T00:00

This week our guest is editor and fiction writer, Tara Lynn Masih. Her recent novel, My Real Name is Hanna, was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. 

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Elizabeth Bell - Author of the Lazare Family Saga from 2020-01-23T00:00

This week our guest is historical fiction author Elizabeth Bell, author of Necessary Sins and Lost Saints, in the Lazare Family Saga.

In this episode, we discuss her writ...

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Dr. Rosenna Bakari - Author of Too Much Love is Not Enough from 2020-01-16T00:00

This week our guest is Dr. Rosenna Bakari: memoirist, poet, psychologist, and college professor.

In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

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Shara McCallum - Author of Madwoman from 2020-01-09T00:00

Jamaican-born writer Shara McCallum has received a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, an award from the Library of Congress, and more.

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Courtney Maum - Author of Before and After the Book Deal from 2020-01-02T00:00

Writer Courtney Maum shares the introduction to her book that is being released this week, Before and After the Book Deal.

In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

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Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach - Author of The Many Names for Mother from 2019-12-26T00:00

Poet Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach emigrated from Ukraine as a Jewish refugee when she was six years old. She shares two poems; one of them Hanukkah-themed.

In this episode, we discuss her writ...

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Nefertiti Austin - Author of Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America from 2019-12-19T00:00

When Nefertiti Austin looked for books reflecting the experience of a single, black, adoptive mother, she didn’t find any. Anywhere. So she wrote one. This week Nefertiti shares a reading from h...

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Elissa Bassist - Essayist, Humor Writer,&Editor at The Rumpus from 2019-12-12T00:00

“Read, read, read! Read all the time!” - Elissa Bassist 

This week, Sara interviews essayist, humor writer, and editor Elissa Bassist on her writing process.

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Grace Talusan - Author of The Body Papers from 2019-12-05T02:00

We all need companionship in our creativity. This week, Sara interviews author Grace Talusan, who shares writing tips and reads from her book, ...

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Trailer - Fierce Womxn Writing from 2019-11-09T15:00

Hear interviews and original pieces read by diverse femxle authors, on Fierce Womxn Writing. If you're looking for creative inspiration, interested in discovering new authors, or just want ...

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Trailer - Fierce Womxn Writing from 2019-11-09T15:00

Hear interviews and original pieces read by diverse femxle authors, on Fierce Womxn Writing. If you're looking for creative inspiration, interested in discovering new authors, or just want ...

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Trailer - Fierce Womxn Writing from 2019-11-09T15:00

Hear interviews and original pieces read by diverse femxle authors, on Fierce Womxn Writing. If you're looking for creative inspiration, interested in discovering new authors, or just want ...

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