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WMFA

Courtney Balestier•www.wmfapodcast.com
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A podcast about why and how we write.
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Minisode: Accepting Your Process

How do you feel about the way you get writing done? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 17, 2019•9 min•Season 4Ep. 45

Building a Narrative Labyrinth w. SUMMER BRENNAN

Journalist Summer Brennan's new book, High Heel, is out now from Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series. She and Courtney discuss her fragmented meditation on feminism and the patriarchy, organizing an extensive research collection, and creating a narrative labyrinth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 10, 2019•51 min•Season 4Ep. 44

Minisode: Taking Yourself Seriously

It's foundational to writing—and it's not always easy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 03, 2019•7 min•Season 4Ep. 43

Telling the Hard Truths w. MORGAN PARKER

Morgan Parker's poetry collections include There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé and Magical Negro, out now from Tin House. Morgan and Courtney talk about representation and misrepresentation, writing into the vastness of black identity, and how hard it is to tell the truth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 27, 2019•48 min•Season 4Ep. 42

Minisode: Being a Student

On always learning and the wisdom of beginner's mind for writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 20, 2019•5 min•Season 4Ep. 41

Should You Get an MFA? w. ERICA DAWSON & LEAH HAMPTON

Should you get an MFA? Courtney talks with special guests Erica Dawson (poet, author, MFA program director) and Leah Hampton (writer, editor, current MFA fellow) about one of the biggest—and most mystifying—decisions a writer can make. Erica Dawson is the author of When Rap Spoke Straight to God, The Small Blades Hurt, and Big-Eyed Afraid. Her work has appeared in three editions of Best American Poetry, The Believer, Virginia Quarterly Review, and other journals and anthologies. She is an associ...

Mar 13, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 40

Season 4 Teaser

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Feb 13, 2019•4 min

How to Not Always Be Working w. MARLEE GRACE

Courtney and Marlee Grace, author of How to Not Always Be Working, discuss inner critics, inspirational women, and turning our creativity into money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 19, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 39

Minisode: Jealousy

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Dec 12, 2018•14 min

Turning Family Members into Characters w. NICOLE CHUNG

Courtney and Nicole Chung, author of the memoir All You Can Ever Know, discuss the missing perspective in adoption narratives, re-examining familial truths, and writing through grief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 05, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 37

Minisode: Voices

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Nov 28, 2018•11 min

Holding Yourself Accountable w. HEATHER HAVRILESKY

Courtney and Heather Havrilesky, author of What If This Were Enough?, discuss cultivating “weird aunt vibes,” owning the artist identity, and finally reaching the place where you write to please yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 21, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 37

Finding Creative Freedom w. LIANA FINCK

Courtney and Liana Finck, artist and author of the graphic memoir Passing for Human, discuss the work of finding your artistic path, how comics are like poetry, and how Instagram grants her creative freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 07, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 36

Minisode: Priorities

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Oct 17, 2018•10 min

Minisode: On Shame

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Oct 03, 2018•12 min•Season 3Ep. 34

Minisode: On Fear

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Sep 19, 2018•16 min•Season 3Ep. 33

Fictionalizing Real Life w. LISA KO

Courtney and Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers, discuss complicating the notions of motherhood, why working on your characters is working on yourself, and keeping the faith through seven years of novel drafts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 11, 2018•56 min•Season 2Ep. 30
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