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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Mary Roach and Cathleen Schine

Mary Roach, author of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex and Cathleen Schine, author of The New Yorkers: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: May 7, 2008)
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Dennis McDougal

Journalist Dennis McDougal, author of writer Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 05, 2008)
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Charles Bock and Manil Suri

Marrie Stone interviews Charles Bock, author of Beautiful Children and Manil Suri, author of The Age of Shiva.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 26, 2008)
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Charles Baxter and Marya Hornbacher

Charles Baxter, author of The Soul Thief and Marya Hornbacher, author of Madness: A Bipolar Life.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 02, 2008)
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Tobias Woolf and John Burnham Schwartz

Marrie Stone interviews short story writer Tobias Woolf and John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Commoner.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 23, 2008)
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Elizabeth Berg

Elizabeth Berg, author of The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation.

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(Broadcast date: Apr 30, 2008)
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Mireille Guiliano and Theo Pauline Nestor

Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don't Get Fat and Theo Pauline Nestor, author of How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed.

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(Broadcast date: April 16, 2008)
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Samantha Hunt and Stephen Snyder

Marrie Stone interviews Samantha Hunt, author of The Invention of Everything Else and translator Stephen Snyder.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 12, 2008)
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Julie Smith

Mystery writer Julie Smith, author of 82 Desire (A Skip Langdon Novel).

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(Broadcast date: Nov 11, 1998)
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Arielle Eckstut

Arielle Eckstut, co-author of Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 08, 2001)
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Eloise Klein-Healy

Poet Eloise Klein-Healy, author of Artemis in Echo Park.

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(Broadcast date: Nov 18, 1998)
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Albert Zuckerman

Albert Zuckerman, literary agent and author of Writing the Blockbuster Novel.

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(Broadcast date: May 30, 2002)
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Melissa Fay Greene

Melissa Fay Greene, author of There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children.

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(Broadcast date: Mar 19, 2008)
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Louise Rafkin and Taylor Smith

Louise Rafkin, author of Other People's Dirt and Taylor Smith, author of Random Acts.

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(Broadcast date: Dec 02, 1998)
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Philip Reed and Martin J. Smith

Philip Reed, author of Low Rider and Martin J. Smith, author of Shadow Image.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 10, 1999)
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Margot Livesey and Victoria Strauss

Margot Livesey, author of The Missing World: A Novel and Victoria Strauss, author of The Garden of the Stone.

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(Broadcast date: unknown)
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Kate Jacobs and Lela Nargi

Kate Jacobs, author of The Friday Night Knitting Club and Lela Nargi, editor of Knitting Through It: Inspiring Stories for Times of Trouble.

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(Broadcast date: Feb 27, 2008)
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Percival Everett and TJ Parsell

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and co-host Marrie Stone interview Percival Everett, author of The Water Cure: A Novel and TJ Parsell, author of Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison.

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(Broadcast Date: Dec 12, 2007)
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Molly Gloss and RM Kinder

Marrie Stone interviews Molly Gloss, author of The Hearts of Horses and RM Kinder, author of An Absolute Gentleman: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Jan 2008)
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Geraldine Brooks

Marrie Stone interviews Geraldine Brooks, author of People of the Book: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Feb-06-2008)
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