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.
Hosts Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone have interviewed 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).
Music and sound editing are provided by Travis Barrett.
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EPISODES
(2001 - present)
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist Elizabeth Strout
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Elizabeth Strout, author of Olive Kitteridge. Congratulations Elizabeth!
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Jay Asher
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why.
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(Broadcast date: April 15, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: April 15, 2009)
Pen On Fire Speaker Series: T. Jefferson Parker
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Renegades, during the Pen On Fire Speaker Series at University of California, Irvine.
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(Event date: February 10, 2009)
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(Event date: February 10, 2009)
Lauren Groff
Marrie Stone interviews Lauren Groff, author of Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories.
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(Broadcast date: Feb 4, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: Feb 4, 2009)
Martha Lawrence
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Martha Lawrence, author of Pisces Rising (Elizabeth Chase Mysteries).
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(Broadcast date: September 28, 2000)
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(Broadcast date: September 28, 2000)
Kim Addonizio and Jim Tomlinson
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Kim Addonizio, author of Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within and Jim Tomlinson, author of Nothing Like an Ocean: Stories.
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(Broadcast date: March 25, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: March 25, 2009)
Sara Davidson
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Sara Davidson, author of Cowboy.
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(Broadcast date: April 13, 2000)
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(Broadcast date: April 13, 2000)
Stephen Lovely and Thomas Robisheaux
Marrie Stone interviews Stephen Lovely, author of Irreplaceable, and Thomas Robisheaux, author of The Last Witch of Langenburg.
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(Broadcast date: March 18, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: March 18, 2009)
Beth Kephart
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Beth Kephart, author of Into the Tangle of Friendship: A Memoir of the Things That Matter.
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(Broadcast date: September 13, 2000)
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(Broadcast date: September 13, 2000)
Beth Kephart
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Beth Kephart, author of Nothing but Ghosts.
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(Broadcast date: March 11, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: March 11, 2009)
Amy Dickinson and T.C. Boyle
Marrie Stone interviews Amy Dickinson, author of The Mighty Queens of Freeville and T.C. Boyle, author of The Women.
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(Broadcast date: March 4, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: March 4, 2009)
Debra Gwartney and Sonja Lyubomirsky
Marrie Stone interviews Debra Gwartney, author of Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love and Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want.
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(Broadcast date: February 18, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: February 18, 2009)
Judith Ryan Hendricks and Peter Craig
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Judith Ryan Hendricks, author of The Baker's Apprentice and Peter Craig, author of Hot Plastic.
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(Broadcast date: April 29, 2005)
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(Broadcast date: April 29, 2005)
Shreve Stockton and Andrea Portes
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Shreve Stockton, author of The Daily Coyote: A Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming and Andrea Portes, author of Hick.
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(Broadcast date: February 25, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: February 25, 2009)
Janice Y.K. Lee and Sylvia Sellers-Garcia
Marrie Stone interviews Janice Y.K. Lee, author of The Piano Teacher and Sylvia Sellers-Garcia, author of When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep.
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(Broadcast date: January 14, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: January 14, 2009)
Amy MacKinnon and Jincy Willett
Marrie Stone interviews Amy MacKinnon, author of Tethered and Jincy Willett, author of Jenny and the Jaws of Life and The Writing Class.
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(Broadcast date: January 28, 2008)
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(Broadcast date: January 28, 2008)
Sarah Murray and Gail Belsky
Marrie Stone interviews Sarah Murray, author of Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat and Gail Belsky, author of The List: 100 Ways to Shake Up Your Life.
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(Broadcast date: December 31, 2008)
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(Broadcast date: December 31, 2008)
Jo-Ann Mapson
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Jo-Ann Mapson, author of The Wilder Sisters, Blue Rodeo, Hank & Chloe, Loving Chloe, Along Came Mary, Goodbye, Earl and The Owl & Moon Cafe.
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(Broadcast date: May 5, 2000)
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(Broadcast date: May 5, 2000)
Terri Cheney and Beth Lisick
Marrie Stone interviews Terri Cheney, author of Manic: A Memoir and Beth Lisick, author of Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone.
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(Broadcast date: April 9, 2008)
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(Broadcast date: April 9, 2008)
Nora Raleigh Baskin
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Nora Raleigh Baskin, author of All We Know of Love.
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(Broadcast date: January 21, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: January 21, 2009)