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This semester (Spring 2017), Behind the Prose’s editorial intern, Walker Webb, is updating our transcripts and show notes. You can read more about Walker here.
Episode 1: The Writing Process with Tavonne Carson
Episode 2: Go Behind the Prose with Jennifer Genest
Episode 3 (2/1/2015): Location, Voice, and Tone in Creative Nonfiction with Soo Na Pak
Episode 4: This Monstrous Narrative with Aimee Baker
Episodes 5-8: COMING SOON
Episode 9: NRP Best Book author Cameron Conaway talks poetry and prose
Episode 10: Bad sentences beware of Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post
Episode 11: The Autumn Balloon and author Kenny Porpora
Episode 12: Chelsey Clammer, author of BodyHome
Episode 13: A candid convo with Washington Post Reporter Soraya McDonald
Episode 14: Running across genres – nonfiction author Rachel Toor pens debut YA novel, Part One
Episode 15: Songwriting 101 with Gandhi, a musician with a mission
Episode 16: An intimate conversation with Lee Gutkind, the “Godfather” of Creative Nonfiction
Episode 17: Running across genres with Rachel Toor, Part Two
Episode 18: Get your grown writer on with editor of Full Grown People, Jennifer Niesslein, co-founder of Brain, Child Mag
Episode 19: Memoir, meet Poetry: Kira Lynne Allen crafts debut book in two genres
Episode 20: Writing intimacy, pain, and hope with memoirist Kate Walter, author of Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing
Episode 21: Lee Gutkind’s Incredible Creative Nonfiction Law and Order Power of Story Yellow Test, July 12, 2015
Episode 22: How to write a novel when you don’t know how to write a novel with Neil Smith, author of Boo and Bang Crunch
Episode 23: How to write a For Dummies book with Gwen Hernandez, author of Scrivener For Dummies
Episode 24: How to write a For Dummies book and romantic suspense (but not at the same time) with author Gwen Hernandez, Part Two
Episode 25: Bestselling author Susan Shapiro goes behind her genre-crossing prose in candid interview
Episode 26: How to write literary fiction with Scott Hess, author of The Butcher’s Sons
Episode 27: Chasing down the narrative with Sean Ennis, author of Chase Us
Episode 28: Humor and the House of Kerouac with Erik Deckers
Episode 29 – Essayist Sharisse Tracey reveals how she got bylines on The New York Times, Salon, Yahoo, and more
Episode 30 – The Unconventional Nonsequential Writer: Author and professor Dinty W. Moore talks process, persistence, and prose
Episode 31: Washington Post reporter Jessica Contrera schools future journalists on career and craft
Episode 32: Salon editor Kim Brooks goes behind the prose of “Life” essays
Episode 33: Jacki Skole merges memoir and investigative journalism in new book, Dogland
Episode 34: Elana Rabinowitz talks landing bylines in The New York Times and more
Episode 35: Salon editor Kim Brooks discusses her captivating debut novel, The Houseguest
Episodes 36 – 38: COMING SOON
Episode 39: Write This Way: How to develop a Niche in Your Writing, live from the Creative Nonfiction Writers’ Conference
Episodes 40 – 43: COMING SOON
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