Writers on Writing
167 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsWriters on Writing is a weekly podcast hosted by author Barbara DeMarco Barrett and co-host Marrie Stone, on the art and business of writing. More on the show, writers, and writing is at www.writers-on-writing.com.
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Literary agent Danielle Svetcov and crime writer Matt Coyle
February 07, 2020 14:08Literary agent, Danielle Svetcov, also author of Parked, and crime writer Matt Coyle, author of Lost Tomorrows, talk with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about agenting and writing. Download audio. (Broadcast date: Jan. 15, 2020) We like to hear from our listeners. Email penonfire at earthlink dot net.
Julie Zuckerman and Annalee Newitz on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM
January 23, 2020 23:44Short story author Julie Zuckerman, author of The Book of Jeremiah, joins Marrie Stone to share her novel in stories. Julie talks about drawing inspiration and structure from Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kittridge, how she structured the collection and the stories within, working with a small press (Press 53), and how a simple writing prompt unlocked Jeremiah Gerstler's complex character. In the second half, Annalee Newitz joins to talk about their latest novel, The Future of Another Timeline. T...
Alix Kates Shulman on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM
January 13, 2020 07:13Nearly 50 years after it first shocked readers nationwide, Alix Kates Shulman's, Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen is still being hailed as a feminist classic. Inspired by the iconic protest of the 1968 Miss America Pageant, and called by the Oxford Companion to Women's Writing "the first important novel to emerge from the Women's Liberation Movement," the 1972 book continues to hit home with its comic portrayal of growing up female in a man's world in white middle-class pre-feminist America. ...
Poet Michael Miller on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM
January 02, 2020 18:58Poet Michael Miller joins Marrie Stone for an hour of poetry and reflection on New Year's morning. He talks about his retrospective collection, Tea and Subtitles: Selected Poems 1999-2019, many addressing beginnings, endings, and New Year's Day itself. Michael discusses his life-long love of the form, how journalism aids his poetry, assembling the writer's toolbox, and the many poets who he recommends as accessible and necessary reads. Michael will appear at the LA Times Festival of Books o...
Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Stephen Dunn
December 21, 2019 19:17Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, talks with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about his latest volume, Pagan Virtues. (There are a few audio challenges, but keep listening. It's worth it.) Download audio. (Broadcast date: Dec. 4, 2019)
Beau L'Amour & Robin Cook join Marrie Stone on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM
December 19, 2019 19:43Louis L'Amour, father of the western and frontier novel, passed in 1988 leaving behind 89 novels, 14 short story collections, and mounds of unfinished manuscripts. His son, Beau L'Amour, continues his legacy by finishing many of his novels and short stories and adding notes, history, and backstory. He shares his latest, Lost Treasures Volume II, as well as his father's writing process, his relationship with Ray Bradbury, and more. Robin Cook, father of the medical thriller genre, joins in th...
Tim O'Brien on Writers on Writing, KUCI
December 12, 2019 23:40Tim O'Brien, National Book Award winning novelist and iconic author of The Things They Carried, joins Marrie Stone to talk about his latest—and last—book. Dad's Maybe Book is at once a memoir, a love letter to his young sons, a meditation on war, a writing guide for writers, a history lesson, a literature lesson, and swan song to his fans. (Don't let the title or cover fool you . . . this book packs a meaty punch that extends well beyond fatherhood). Tim shares his enduring struggles with ...
THIS LAND author Christopher Ketcham on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM
November 30, 2019 19:29Christopher Ketcham, author of the new nonfiction book, This Land: How Cowboys, Corruption, and Corruption are ruining the American West, talks with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett for the entire hour about the book that Outside magazines says, "...brings the fighting spirit and conservation vision of great writers like Edward Abbey, Rachel Carson, and Bernard DeVoto into the 21st century.” Download audio. (KUCI-FM broadcast date: Nov. 27, 2019) You can reach Barbara at penonfire at earthlink dot...
Jeanne Blasberg on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM
November 25, 2019 23:50Novelist Jeanne Blasberg joins Marrie Stone for the full hour to discuss her latest, The Nine. She shares how her work in finance and spreadsheets aids her writing, about Grub Street's Novel Generator, NaNoWriMo, the unique opportunities afforded by She Writes Press, finding your unique niche as writer, and much more. Download audio. (Broadcast date: November 20, 2019)
Cathleen Schine on "Writers on Writing," KUCI-FM
November 13, 2019 22:27Cathleen Schine, author of The Grammarians and 10 other novels, joins Marrie Stone for the full hour to talk about creativity, how writing grows harder over time, her love of words and language and dictionaries, why she felt inspired by the relationship between Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, and so much more. Download audio. (Broadcast date: November 13, 2019)
Walter Mosley, with his new book Elements of Fiction, on KUCI-FM
November 08, 2019 01:30Walter Mosley, author of the new book on writing, Elements of Fiction, and 40 other books, mostly novels, talks with Barbara about plotting (or not), rewriting, writing for TV, MFA programs, and much more. Download audio. (Broadcast date: Nov. 6, 2019)
Tom Perrotta Discusses Sex and Mrs. Fletcher on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM in Irvine, CA
November 03, 2019 15:48Tom Perrotta, author of Mrs. Fletcher, joins Marrie for the entire hour to talk about sex in the new millennium, whether technology can affect desire, how male writers can effectively access the female point of view, writing through the various stages of life, humor, and much more. Download audio. (Broadcast date: October 11, 2017) DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed on this program do not reflect those of KUCI, its management, or the UC Board of Regents. For more information on...
Aris Janigian and Robert Kerbeck on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM
October 31, 2019 18:51Novelist Aris Janigian joins Marrie Stone to talk about the latest novel in his "Waiting" trilogy, Waiting for Sophia at Shutters by the Beach. A challenging and thought-provoking novel about the #metoo movement and sexual harassment on college campuses, Aris discusses the many trials and difficulties he encountered while writing it (including a stolen manuscript). He also talks about being the author of six novels (and spending significant time on the LA Times bestseller list), all without a...
Noir crime writer Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay
October 28, 2019 00:26Steph Cha, author of Your House Will Pay, her fourth novel (first stand-alone), was my guest for the entire hour, talking about writing crime fiction, specifically noir, finding your voice through reviewing on Yelp, and much more. Download audio. (Broadcast date: Oct. 23, 2019)
Kate Braverman, from the archives of Writers on Writing
October 22, 2019 01:59I knew Kate a few ways: through my show where she was a guest three times. The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, where she sat on my panel. And a writing project for which she generously wrote an essay on spec (not yet unpublished). She wrote one of my favorite short stories: "Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta." It's in the fantastic collection, Squandering the Blue, as well as widely anthologized and googleable. Here are the shows: Martin J. Smith, co-author of Oops : 20 Life Lessons ...
Elizabeth Strout and Lise Funderburg on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM
October 20, 2019 17:45Elizabeth Strout returns with Olive, Again, a newly released collection that picks up where Olive Kitteridge left off. Elizabeth joins Marrie Stone to talk about how Olive reasserted herself, how the world has changed around her, and how Elizabeth managed to leave a porous space around Olive (and her other characters) so readers might insert their own experiences into the narrative. In the second half, Lise Funderburg shares her anthology, Apple, Tree: Writers on their Parents. She talks bou...
Poet Grant Hier on Writers on Writing, KUCI-FM at UC-Irvine
October 10, 2019 19:01Poet Grant Hier, professor at Laguna College of Art and Design, and author of Similitude, The Difference Between, and co-author with John Brantingham of California Continuum, joins Barbara DeMarco-Barrett for what turned out to be a masters' class in writing poetry. You don't have to be a poet or have any interest in writing poetry, to get something out of this show. And no matter what you write, reading poetry will only make you a better writer. Download audio (Broadcast date: Oct. 9, 2019)