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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Amy Hempel

Amy Hempel, author of The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel.

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(Broadcast date: May 18, 2006)

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Andre Dubus III

Andre Dubus III, author of The Garden of Last Days: A Novel.

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(Broadcast date: Jul 30, 2008)

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Andrew Vachss

Andrew Vachss, author of Only Child : A Burke Novel.

(Broadcast date: Dec 19, 2002)

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Caroline Adderson, Anastasia Royal, and Jennie Nash

Fiction roundtable moderated by Marrie Stone with authors Caroline Adderson (Sitting Practice), Anastasia Royal (Undoing I Do), and Jennie Nash (Last Beach Bungalow).

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(Broadcast Date: Feb 20, 2007)

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Heather King and Nell Casey

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Heather King, author of Shirt of Flame: A Year With St. Therese of Lisieux, and Nell Casey, author of The Journals of Spalding Gray.

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(Broadcast date: November 23, 2011)

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Amy Ephron & Karen Karbo, with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, author of Pen on Fire, discusses books and writing with Amy Ephron, author of the memoir, Loose Diamonds, and Karen Karbo, author of How Georgia Became O'Keeffe.

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(Broadcast date: November 9, 2011)

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Carole Moore and Stephen Wetta

Marrie Stone interviews Carole Moore, author of The Last Place You'd Look: True Stories of Missing Persons and the People Who Search for Them and Stephen Wetta, author of If Jack's In Love.

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(Broadcast date: October 19, 2011)

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Heidi Durrow and William Todd Schultz

Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky and William Todd Schultz, author of An Emergency in Slow Motion: The Inner Life of Diane Arbus.

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(Broadcast date: Oct. 26, 2011)

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Denise Hamilton

Denise Hamilton, author of Damage Control.

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(Broadcast date: September 28, 2011)

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Dani Shapiro at the Pen on Fire Writers Salon

Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion, was a guest at the Pen on Fire Writers Salon in February of 2010. Here is that live event.

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(Broadcast date: XXX XX, 20XX)

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Kim Wyatt & Danzy Senna

Kim Wyatt, editor of Permanent Vacation and Danzy Senna, author of You Are Free, a collection of short stories, in conversation with Barbara.

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(Broadcast date: 9/14/2011)

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Justin Torres and Helen Schulman

Marrie Stone interviews Justin Torres, author of We the Animals, and Helen Schulman, author of This Beautiful Life.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 31, 2011)

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Traci Foust and Christina Shea

Marrie Stone interviews Traci Foust, author of Nowhere Near Normal: A Memoir of OCD, and Christina Shea, author of Smuggled.

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(Broadcast date: Aug 24, 2011)

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Robert Olen Butler and Anita Shreve

Robert Olen Butler, author of A Small Hotel (Grove) and Anita Shreve, author of Rescue (Back Bay Books) talk with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett.

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(The interview with Butler is Part I. Part II will be broadcast and taped on August 10, 2011.

(Broadcast date: August 3, 2011)

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Memoirist Glen Retief

Glen Retief, author of the memoir, The Jack Bank, in conversation for the entire hour with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett.

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(Broadcast date: July 20, 2011)

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Literary attorney Mark Fowler & Pageant of the Masters writer Dan Duling

Mark Fowler, New York City-based literary attorney, and Dan Duling, playwright and writer for Laguna Beach's Pageant of the Masters talk with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about writers' legal issues and writing plays and narration for Laguna Beach's Pageant of the Masters.

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Broadcast date: July 13, 2011.

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Tamar Cohen and Jane Smiley

Marrie Stone interviews Tamar Cohen, author of The Mistress's Revenge, and Jane Smiley, author of Private Life.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 29, 2011)

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Susie Bright and Melissa Schroeder

Marrie Stone interviews Susie Bright, author of Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, and Melissa Schroeder, author of A Little Harmless Obsession.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 22, 2011)

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Our first donation!

A shout out to Ron Alvarez (former NYC cop) who clicked the donation button over on the right side of the screen and sent $$ our way, which I will, in turn, send to our podcast guru Rob Roy. It's because of Rob that the Writers on Writing podcast started up, and it's largely because of him that it functions. When it recently fell off the iTunes radar, Rob put in time to get it going again. So thanks Ron, and thanks again to Rob for all that he does.

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Arielle Eckstut, David Henry Sterry and Arthur Plotnik

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry, co-authors of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, and Arthur Plotnik, author of Better Than Great: A Plenitudinous Compendium of Wallopingly Fresh Superlatives.

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(Broadcast date: Jun 12, 2011)