Latest Craftofwriting Podcast Episodes
Ep. 119 Hal Schrieve
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - April 19, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsHal Schrieve is the author of the 2019 book, Out of Salem, selected for the National Book Award Long List for Young People’s Literature. Hal works as a children’s librarian at the New York Public Library. As a librarian, Hal has written educator guides to other queer books for children and teens...
Ep. 118 Suzette Mullen
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - April 05, 2024 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsSuzette Mullen is the author of the new memoir, The Only Way Through is Out, just out from the University of Wisconsin Press. She is the founder of Your Story Finder, where she provides nonfiction book coaching. In 2021, she published a Tiny Love Story in The New York Times that was the seed tha...
Ep. 117 Kevin Baker
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - March 22, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsAuthor, historian, essayist, bestselling novelist and commentator Kevin Baker has just published part one of his long-awaited two-part look into baseball and the city that formed it and was formed by it. Called The New York Game: Baseball and The Rise of a New City (Knopf, 2024), this was a labo...
Ep. 116 Ani Gjika
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - March 08, 2024 05:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsAuthor, essayist, poet and activist Ani Gjika is an Albanian-born poet, literary translator, writer, and author of Bread on Running Waters (Fenway Press, 2013). A finalist for the 2011 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize and 2011 May Sarton New Hampshire Book Prize, she moved to the US at age 18 and earn...
Ep. 115 Meg Kissinger
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - February 16, 2024 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsWriter and author Meg Kissinger spent more than two decades traveling across the country to report on America’s mental health system for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, she has won two George Polk Awards, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, awards from Investigative Reporters...
Ep. 114 Taylor Brorby
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - February 09, 2024 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsWriter, essayist, speaker and activist Taylor Brorby is the author of Boys and Oil, Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land, a NYT Editors’ Choice published in 2022 by Liveright, a division of W.W. Norton. He is also the author of Crude: Poems, Coming Alive: Action and Civil Disobedience, and he is t...
Ep. 113 Felice Cohen
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - January 26, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsKnown nationally and internationally as the woman who lived in one of the world’s smallest apartments, Felice Cohen is the award-winning author of the bestselling books Half In: A Coming-of-Age Memoir of Forbidden Love, 90 Lessons for Living Large in 90 Square Feet (...or More) (inspired by the ...
Ep. 112 Kate Cohen
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - January 12, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsWashington Post contributing columnist and author Kate Cohen writes about American culture. Her new book, We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should Too), is just out. Listen in as we discuss her book, writing about faith and the loss of it, and so much more. T...
Ep. 111 Joanna Penn
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - December 29, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsMega-bestselling author Joanna Penn, whose 40 books span several genres, has now written a memoir after making three separate solo pilgrimage walks. The walks and this new book, Pilgrimage: Lessons Learned from Solo Walking Three Ancient Ways, allowed her to define for herself her personal defin...
Ep. 110 Kristin Jarvis Adams
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - December 15, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsWhen writer, author and advocate Kristin Jarvis Adams pitched a potential publisher on her book, she began with a sentence so startling that it made the publisher ask her to breakfast. The book that followed was full of such sentences. This is a conversation about an unlikely book on an nearly i...
Ep. 109 Virginia Sole-Smith
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - November 24, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsWriter, author and advocate Virginia Sole-Smith knows how to write into other's biases, and she writes right into them, giving us new language while she explores diet culture, anti-fat bias, feminism and health. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought t...
Ep. 108 Allison K. Williams
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - November 10, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsAllison K. Williams utilized her years as what she calls an "unkind editor" to write and publish her fine book, Seven Drafts: Self-Edit like a Pro from Page to Book, which she discusses here on the Qwerty podcast. This skillfully constructed book breaks down the process of writing and self-editi...
Ep. 107 Kerri Maher
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - October 27, 2023 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsKerri Maher knows how to choose topics to write about. The author of the USA Today bestseller, The Paris Bookseller, is back with one of the most compelling topics of our time. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project:...
Ep. 106 Matt Mendez
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - October 13, 2023 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsMatt Mendez is the author of Barely Missing Everything, his debut novel, and the short story collection Twitching Heart. He writes from places that have been traiditonally ignored and brings his perspective to his work. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is bro...
Ep. 105 Roxan Mcdonald
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - September 29, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingshttps://www.spiritual-af.com/ https://www.resourceforwriters.com/
Ep. 104 Alice Carriere
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - September 15, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsAlice Carriere has written a dynamic debut memoir from her unconventional, big downtown New York life. Raised in the art scene, she is practically burdened with great, vivid material, including a supporting cast of celebrity artists, actors and infuencers. How to write a memoir from a vivid, tro...
Ep. 103 Michele Cushatt
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - July 21, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsHow to write memoir from the middle of the mess? Perhaps the expert on this is author Michele Cushatt, whose books from Zondervan, provide readers with the guidance to read and live through life's complications. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to ...
Ep. 102 Dave Pelzer
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - July 07, 2023 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsDave Pelzer, bestselling author of A Child Called It and Qwerty podcast host Marion Roach Smith talk about writing from a place of helping others. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized...
Ep. 101 Lamya H
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - June 23, 2023 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsHow to write an anonymous memoir with Lamya H, author of Hijab Butch Blues. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life. Read it, and begin your own journey to writin...
Ep. 100 Robin Schepper
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - June 02, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsHow to write a braided memoir? Author Robin Schepper and host Marion Roach Smith take on the topic of the braided memoir in this episode of The Qwerty podcast. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non...
Ep. 99 Elizabeth Rau
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - May 19, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsJournalist and essaying Elizabeth Rau speaks with host Marion Roach Smith about the power of the personal essay, how to write from everyday life, and how to publish an essay collection in this episode of The Qwerty Podcast. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is...
Ep. 98 Jennifer De Leon: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - May 05, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsOn this episode of The Qwerty podcast, the award-winning Young Adult writer, Jennifer De Leon, discusses how to make a writing career by writing what you know Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-...
Ep. 97 Rona Maynard
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - April 21, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsHow to write dog memoir. Writer and author Rona Maynard talks with Qwerty podcast host Marion Roach Smith about her new book, Starter Dog. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text fo...
Ep. 96 Julie Zickefoose
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - April 07, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsNaturalist, writer, author, illustrator and wildlife rehabilitator, Julie Zickefoose, speaks with Qwerty podcast host Marion Roach Smith about writing from nature. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly...
Ep. 95 Rebecca Fogg
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - March 24, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsMemoirist Rebecca Fogg speaks with Qwerty opdcast host Marion Roach Smith about writing a first memoir and the lessons learned when writing from trauma. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standa...
Ep. 94 Heinz Insu Fenkl
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - March 10, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsAuthor, translator and professor Heinz Insu Fenkl and host Marion Roach Smith talk about writing from one's own life story and the writing tools available from being an outsider. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Projec...
Ep. 93 Iris Smyles
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - February 24, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsAuthor, essayist and humorist Iris Smyles and host Marion Roach Smith discuss how to write funny in this latest episode of the Qwerty podcast. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Tex...
Ep. 92 Scott Keyser: A Podcast for Writers on How to Life the Writing Life
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - February 10, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsAuthor Scott Keyser and host Marion Roach Smith discuss the great art of rhetoric on this episode of The Qwerty podcast. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life. ...
Ep. 91 Shirley Showalter: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - December 30, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsAuthor, opinion writer, essayist and speaker Shirley Showalter talks about how to write memoir with host Marion Roach Smith in this episode of the Qwerty podcast, a podcast by, for and about writers. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the b...
Ep. 91 Shirley Showalter
QWERTY: A Podcast for Writers on How to Live the Writing Life - December 30, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsAuthor, opinion writer , essayist and speaker Shirley Showalter talks about how to write memoir with host Marion Roach Smith in this episode of the Qwerty podcast, a podcast by, for and about writers. Listen in and learn how to live this writing life. The QWERTY podcast is brought to you by the ...
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