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Conversations with writers, artists, and other creative people about how they make a living.

Dave Housley

I talk to writer Dave Housley (This Darkness Got to Give, Howard and Charles at the Factory) about how he's managed to write and publish several books...
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Wendy Fox

I talk to novelist Wendy Fox (If The Ice Had Held) about finding time to write two books while working full-time for the tech industry, Denver vs. Sea...
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Elisa Gabbert

Poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert (The Word Pretty, The Unreliability of Memory) talks about balancing her writing career with a full-time job in SEO co...
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Susan Muaddi Darraj

I talk to writer Susan Muaddi Darraj (A Curious Land: Stories From Home) about the stigma she sometimes feels as a community college professor, and wh...
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Megan Volpert

I talk to poet and writer Megan Volpert (Boss Broad, Straight Into Darkness) about her job teaching high school English and journalism, her tendency t...
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Ryan Eckes

I talk to poet, teacher, labor organizer, and 2016 Pew Fellow Ryan Eckes about the ethics of working for a university, the difficulties of labor organ...
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Tyrese Coleman

I talk to Tyrese Coleman, author of How to Sit (Mason Jar Press), which was recently named a finalist for the PEN Open Book Award. She's also a lawyer...
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Annie Wilson

Annie Wilson is a dancer, performer, choreographer, and bartender. She was a 2017 Pew Fellow, and her dances have been staged at the Philly Fringe Fes...
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Christopher Gonzalez

Christopher Gonzalez is a fiction writer and literary journal editor who also works full-time in digital production for a big New York City publisher....
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Bud Smith

This conversation with Bud Smith brought me so much joy. Bud is a writer who's published several books and also works full-time in heavy construction....
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