From debut authors to Pulitzer Prize winners, Writers on Writing tackles a little of everything — novels, short stories, memoir, poetry, and more, as well as interviews with agents and publishers.

Unlike other shows dedicated to discussing books, we focus on the art, craft, and business of writing. Writers appreciate the opportunity to talk about the artistic elements of their job — the thousands of decisions that must be made to produce a manuscript. There’s no aspect of craft, creativity, and publishing we don’t explore.

We’ve hosted well over 1,500 authors on the show including Elizabeth Strout, S.A. Cosby, Ann Patchett, Amor Towles, and George Saunders. Expert advice from some of the industry’s top writers allows us to offer a show that’s been called “your own personal MFA program” (with no financial strain).

Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
Host: Marrie Stone

Music and sound editing by Travis Barrett

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EPISODES

(2001 - present)

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Antonya Nelson and TC Boyle

Antonya Nelson, author of Some Fun: Stories and a Novella and TC Boyle, author of Talk Talk.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 24, 2006)
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Louis Sachar

Louis Sachar, author of Holes.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 17, 2003)
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Elizabeth Buchan and Elizabeth Benedict

Guest host Debbie Keith interviews Elizabeth Buchan, author of Wives Behaving Badly and Elizabeth Benedict, author of The Practice of Deceit.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 27, 2006)
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Francine Prose and Andrew Winer

Francine Prose, author of The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired and Andrew Winer, author of The Color Midnight Made.

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(Broadcast Date: Sep 2002)
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Devyani Saltzman and Wendy Johnson

Devyani Saltzman, co-author of Shooting Water: A Memoir of Second Chances, Family, and Filmmaking and Wendy Johnson, author of Wendy Knits: My Never-Ending Adventures in Yarn.

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(Broadcast date: May 04, 2006)
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Akhil Sharma

Akhil Sharma, author of An Obedient Father.

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(Broadcast date: May 02, 2002)
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Billy Collins and Michael Larsen

Billy Collins, author of The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems and Michael Larsen, author of How to Get a Literary Agent.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 03, 2006)
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Ron Carlson

Ron Carlson, author of A Kind of Flying: Selected Stories.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 09, 2003)
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Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky, author of Total Recall.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 02, 2002)
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Jordan Roter and Tim Harper

Jordan Roter, author of Girl in Development and Timothy Harper, co-author of Your Name in Print: A Teen's Guide to Publishing for Fun, Profit and Academic Success.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 8, 2006)
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Dani Shapiro

Dani Shapiro, author of Family History.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 14, 2003)
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Janna Malamud Smith and Harriet Chessman

Janna Malamud Smith, author of My Father Is a Book and Harriet Chessman, author of Someone Not Really Her Mother.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 22, 2006)
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Vicky Bijur

Literary agent Vicky Bijur.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 06, 2003)
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Joann Mapson

Joann Mapson, author of The Owl & Moon Cafe : A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 06, 2006)
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Janet Fitch

Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander : A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Oct 21, 1999)
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Betsy Lerner

Betsy Lerner, author of The Forest for the Trees : An Editor's Advice to Writers.

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(Broadcast date: May 31, 2001)
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Lisa Glatt and Adam Braver

Lisa Glatt, author of The Apple's Bruise : Stories and Adam Braver, author of Crossing California.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 21, 2005)
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R A Salvatore

R A Salvatore, author of the novelization of Star Wars, Episode II - Attack of the Clones.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 11, 2002)
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Ken Foster

Ken Foster, author of The Dogs Who Found Me : What I've Learned from Pets Who Were Left Behind.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 06, 2006)
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Diane DiPrima

Diane DiPrima, author of Recollections of My Life as a Woman : The New York Years.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 26, 2001)
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