The Answer 500 Authors Keep Giving
For the 500th episode, Mike Carlon turns the mic on himself: where writing careers begin, why there are no overnight successes, grief, and the 3 a.m. download that became The Waiting Room.
Recently Uncorked
The latest conversations with authors about the stories behind their stories.
Bouncing Back
Ellen Holtzman on her award-winning debut Bouncing Back, teaching herself to write, why you can't tell the story while you're still in the wound, and how women lose and find themselves in marriage and divorce.
We're Our Own Worst Enemy
Sal Amato on his debut political sci-fi thriller Hidden Powers: Disclosure From Within, the alleged 1954 Eisenhower UFO meeting, tribalism and algorithms, and how Second City improv shaped his writing.
Some Stories Carry You
Dena Schusterman on her memoir Stories Carry, reclaiming her father's stories, why you can't write someone else's memoir, and tracing an inherited coping mechanism back four generations.