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)
Pen on Fire Speaker Series: Merrill Markoe
Merrill Markoe, author of Nose Down, Eyes Up and Walking in Circles Before Lying Down, shares her wit, wisdom and writing during the Pen On Fire Speaker Series at the SCAPE Gallery in Corona Del Mar.
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(Event Date: April 09, 2009)
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(Event Date: April 09, 2009)
Literary Agent Dorian Karchmar
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Dorian Karchmar, literary agent with the William Morris Agency in New York.
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(Broadcast date: May 26, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: May 26, 2009)
Geoff Dyer and Mary Gaitskill
Marrie Stone interviews Geoff Dyer, author of Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, and Mary Gaitskill, author of Don't Cry.
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(Broadcast date: May 20, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: May 20, 2009)
Fiction Panel with Janelle Brown, Bo Caldwell & Lisa Fugard
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett moderates a fiction panel featuring Janelle Brown, author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Bo Caldwell, author of The Distant Land of My Father, and Lisa Fugard, author of Skinner's Drift.
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(Broadcast date: May 13, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: May 13, 2009)
Poet Stephen Dunn
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Stephen Dunn, author of What Goes On: Selected and New Poems 1995-2009.
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(Broadcast date: January 07, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: January 07, 2009)
Ed Husain and Paul Harris
Marrie Stone interviews Ed Husain, author of The Islamist: Why I Became an Islamic Fundamentalist, What I Saw Inside, and Why I Left and Paul Harris, author of The Secret Keeper.
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(Broadcast date: May 06, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: May 06, 2009)
Tom Epperson
Marrie Stone interviews Tom Epperson, author of The Kind One.
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(Broadcast date: April 29, 2009)
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(Broadcast date: April 29, 2009)
L.A. Times Book Award Winner Zoe Ferraris and Dennis Palumbo
Marrie Stone interviews L.A. Times 2008 Book Award Winner Zoe Ferraris, author of Finding Nouf: A Novel, winner of the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, and Dennis Palumbo, author of From Crime to Crime.
To see all L.A Times 2008 Book Award winners, click here. Congratulations Zoe!
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(Broadcast date: Aug 13, 2008)
To see all L.A Times 2008 Book Award winners, click here. Congratulations Zoe!
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(Broadcast date: Aug 13, 2008)
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist Elizabeth Strout
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Elizabeth Strout, author of Olive Kitteridge. Congratulations Elizabeth!
To view a complete list of winners of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize, click here.
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(Broadcast date: Unknown)
To view a complete list of winners of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize, click here.
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(Broadcast date: Unknown)
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)