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The Writers Grotto

Conversations with working writers on the craft of writing, the writer’s life, and the broader writing community, recorded at the Writers Grotto in San Francisco, California.

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157 episodes

  1. Poetic Notions with Veronica Kornberg 52:48
  2. How do you make historical horror fiction relatable? 1:04:27
  3. Transitions, tips and techniques with Brandy Collins and Doug Henderson 19:18
  4. "You're going to the bookstore, aren't you?" with Lewis Buzbee 1:07:18
  5. Don't Go Alone: Creating Space with Shingai Njeri Kagunda 59:46
  6. Despair is a Luxury with Nina Schuyler and Susan Kaye Quinn 1:12:50
  7. Monsters, Middles and Counternarratives with M. M. Olivas and Cynthia Gómez 1:33:57
  8. Putting Yourself In The Story with Margaret Juhae Lee 1:04:11
  9. Rooted and Written with Roberto Lovato and Doug Henderson 1:31:15
  10. Needing the Fear with Jonathan Escoffery & Celeste Chan 1:31:15
  11. The Punkest Thing Ever with Hugh Ryan and Mark Wallace 1:06:08
  12. Pantser, Plotter, Poet with Lori Ostlund & Doug Henderson 1:06:12
  13. Write the gayest sh*t imaginable with Sam J. Miller & Doug Henderson 54:43
  14. Writing Weird with T. K. Rex and Doug Henderson: Kicking off the new 2024 season! 18:56
  15. Episode 142: Dallas Woodburn’s ‘Best Week’ 11:39
  16. We’re Taking a Break 0:57
  17. Episode 141: Preeti Vangani On Writing From Bitterness 28:16
  18. Episode 140: Tess Taylor’s Poetry of Place 16:13
  19. Episode 139: Roberto Lovato Reads from “Unforgetting” 9:25
  20. Episode 138: Maw Shein Win Reads New Poems 10:00
  21. Episode 137: Roberto Lovato on ‘Unforgetting’ 31:57
  22. Episode 137: Brad Balukjian’s baseball odyssey 9:41
  23. Episode 136: Bonnie Tsui and ‘Why We Swim’ 8:41
  24. Episode 135: Adam Smyer’s Anti-Racist Translation Guide 17:27
  25. Episode 134: Vanessa Hua, “VIP Tutoring” 13:08
  26. Episode 133: Raina León, “Solstice in Solidified Sugar” 17:20
  27. Episode 132: Rachel Levin Wants You To Eat Something! 8:50
  28. Episode 131: A.H. Kim’s ‘A Good Family’ 10:16
  29. Episode 130: Kevin Smokler’s ‘Vinyl Nation’ 35:41
  30. Episode 129: Taneum Bambrick’s Bold Poetry 43:12
  31. Episode 128: Historian Yan Slobodkin on the Current Moment 33:25
  32. Episode 127: Beth Lisick and ‘Edie on the Green Screen’ 42:56
  33. Episode 126: International Literature 44:56
  34. Episode 125: Telling the Stories of Stuff 32:32
  35. Episode 124: Bonnie Tsui and ‘Why We Swim’ 36:06
  36. Episode 123: Roberto Lovato on Dignidad Literaria 20:20
  37. Episode 122: Writing Memoir, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 34:14
  38. Episode 121: Dystopian Visions 32:05
  39. Episode 120: Cornelius Eady On Poetry and Jazz 58:59
  40. Episode 119: The Making of ‘Rooted & Written’ 1:02:42
  41. Episode 118: Our Favorite Books of 2019 39:15
  42. Episode 117: Michael Frank in conversation with Lindsey Crittenden 40:28
  43. Episode 116: The Delights of Writing Historical Fiction 28:15
  44. Episode 115: Mary Ladd’s “disrespectful cancer book” 35:07
  45. Episode 114: Spooky Reads for Halloween 29:31
  46. Episode 113: You and AI—David Ewing Duncan and our Robotic Futures 21:40
  47. Episode 112: Talking Books with The Stacks host Traci Thomas 26:17
  48. Episode 111: Writing Humor and Action 21:45
  49. Episode 110: Writing Dialogue and Character 35:18
  50. Episode 109: Joshua Furst on Writing the Counterculture 31:20