SWRT 284 | Writers Book Club: Naming My Father

Story Works Round Table with Alida Winternheimer | Conversations About Craft

English - November 09, 2023 10:23 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB - ★★★★ - 10 ratings
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This week, Alida and Kathryn welcome Dr. Martha Highers to the Writers Book Club to discuss "Naming My Father," a personal essay that won the Under the Sun summer writing contest. Martha is an editor at Under the Sun. not only do we talk as reader-writers, we get an insightful behind the scenes glimpse of the selection and editorial process for this wonderful essay about growing up the child of an autistic parent before anyone understood autism.

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