2020 – LIVING WRITERS

2020

Diane Cook

2020, A-C, shows /

Tune in today to hear DianeCook read from The New Wilderness (Harper Books 2020).   We talk about writing your first novel and how characters can become big and alive, and so much a part of your brain. We also talk about mothers and daughters, knowledge, different kinds of heroes, and, of course, nature. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2020-09-30-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio *episode recorded on

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Eduardo C. Corral

2020, A-C, shows /

Eduardo C. Corral reads from Guillotine (Graywolf Press 2020). We talk about attentiveness, structuring books, audience and interiority. We also talk about expanding possibilities and French pop songs. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2020-09-23-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio Playlist:

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Kaveh Akbar

2020, A-C, shows /

Kaveh Akbar reads poems from Calling A Wolf A Wolf (Alice James Books 2017) and Pilgrim Bell (Graywolf 2021). We talk about technology of language–its limitations and failures–and ways of working to subvert it. We also talk about addiction, country roads and cats. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2020-09-16-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio Playlist: Angel Olsen, Creator, Destroyer T Rex, Cosmic Dancer

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author standing by the Black Sea

Natalie Bakopoulos

2020, A-C, shows /

Natalie Bakopoulos discusses her novel Scorpionfish (Tin House 2020). We talk about first swims, balconies and growing into your writer self. We also talk about Elena Ferrante, identity, gender, and Greece. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2020-09-09-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio Bonus: For the last quarter of this episode, you’ll hear songs from Natalie’s playlist for Scorpionfish and Living Writers. For the

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Elizabeth Wason

2020, shows, V-Z /

Elizabeth Wason talks about science writing and her work as managing editor for Resources for the Future, a DC think tank. We talk about getting accessible expert insight and research in front of policymakers. We also talk about writing through editing, about “getting out of the way” in collaboration, and about creating visually compelling composition.

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John Barr and Dan Murphy

2020, A-C, M-O /

John Barr and Dan Murphy talk about their book Start By Believing: Larry Nassar’s Crimes, the Institutions that Enabled Him, and the Brave Women Who Stopped a Monster (Hachette Books 2020). We talk about investigative reporting, making a book, choosing a narrative arc, and the responsibility of telling this story. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2020-03-11-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio  

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Ebony Roberts

2020, P-R, shows /

Ebony Roberts reads from The Love Prison Made and Unmade: My Story (Amistad 2019). We talk about fathers, fairytales, prisons, resilience and writing memoir.  We talk about Shaka Senghor and his book Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2020-03-04-170001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio program recorded: 21 Nov 2019; aired 4 March 2020

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