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)
Allison Burnett and Merrill Markoe
Allison Burnett, author of The House Beautiful and Merrill Markoe, author of Walking in Circles Before Lying Down.
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(Broadcast date: Jul 26, 2007)
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(Broadcast date: Jul 26, 2007)
Andrea Barrett and Claire Davis
Marrie Stone interviews Andrea Barrett, author of The Air We Breathe: A Novel and Claire Davis, author of Labors of the Heart: Stories.
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(Broadcast date: Oct 24, 2007)
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(Broadcast date: Oct 24, 2007)
Amy Bloom and Wally Lamb
Marrie Stone interviews Amy Bloom, author of Away: A Novel and Wally Lamb, author I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison.
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(Broadcast date: Sep 27, 2007)
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(Broadcast date: Sep 27, 2007)
Adam Chromy and Diana Abu-Jaber
Literary agent Adam Chromy and Diana Abu-Jaber, author of Origin: A Novel.
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(Broadcast date: Aug 09, 2007)
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(Broadcast date: Aug 09, 2007)
David Vann, Ellen Bell, Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
Marrie Stone interviews David Vann, author of Last Day on Earth: A Portrait of the NIU School Shooter; Ellen Bell, author of Irvine (Images of America); and Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler, co-authors of The Future of Us.
(Broadcast date: November 19, 2011)
Andrew Vachss
Andrew Vachss, author of Two Trains Running : A Novel.
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(Broadcast date: Jun 23, 2005)
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(Broadcast date: Jun 23, 2005)
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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(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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(Broadcast date: Jul 30, 2008)
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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(Broadcast Date: Feb 20, 2007)
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.
(Broadcast date: November 23, 2011)
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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(Broadcast date: November 9, 2011)
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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(Broadcast date: October 19, 2011)
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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(Broadcast date: Oct. 26, 2011)
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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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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(Broadcast date: 9/14/2011)
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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(Broadcast date: Aug 31, 2011)
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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(Broadcast date: Aug 24, 2011)
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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(Broadcast date: August 3, 2011)