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Award-winning author, poet, and Emmy-nominee, Patrick Hicks, joined me this week to talk about his unique research process, how stories choose their authors, and how to talk about The Holocaust.
"Whatever scares you to write... that's what you should be writing." – Patrick Hicks
Patrick is the award-winning author of over ten books, including The Collector of Names, Adoptable, This London, and the critically acclaimed novel, The Commandant of Lubizec.
He is the Writer-in-Residence at Augustana University as well as a faculty member at the MFA program at Sierra Nevada University.
He has been published widely in literary journals including Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Guernica, The Utne Reader, and many others. His poetry has appeared on NPR, The PBS NewsHour, and American Life in Poetry.
The Emmy-nominated writer also hosts a weekly radio broadcast Poetry from Studio 47 that airs on NPR affiliates.
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If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click subscribe to automatically see new interviews. In this file Patrick Hicks and I discussed: A roadmap to making a living as a writer
How he used grants to fund the research for his latest novel
Note-taking and travel for historically accurate writing
What it's like to get blurbed by your heroes
The circularity and universality of the human condition across eras
Why great writing should always be your end goal
And more!
Show Notes: PatrickHicks.org
In The Shadow of Dora by Patrick Hicks (Amazon)
Ulysses by James Joyce (Amazon)
Poetry from Studio 47
How Grant Money Funded the Research and Writing of My First Two Novels (and how it could help you too)
A prized poet, Hicks nominated for an Emmy
Patrick Hicks on Facebook
Kelton Reid on Twitter
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How to Research Historical Fiction with Award-Winning Author Patrick Hicks | The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
