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Hey Prosers, So … a funny thing happened on the way to this podcast … In April 2017, I invited author and engineer Nick Arvin to the school where I work. Over two days, he gave several talks on writing, and I recorded one of
“Oh where, oh where, has Behind the Prose gone? Oh where, oh where can it be?” If that’s the tune you’ve been singing the past few months, here’s the answer: There comes a time in every podcaster’s life when she must sit down and figure out why
Today is the last day of the great Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference 2016, and we’re giving you a special roundtable discussion that acknowledges that writers are an eclectic group of people and often have a range of interests. But how do they channel those interests into a
Creative Nonfiction Magazine and Behind the Prose teamed up this year to bring you a live sneak peek into the 2016 Creative Nonfiction Writers’ Conference. The Ask an Editor Panel was moderated by In Fact Books Associate Publisher, Ellen Ayoob and featured Hattie Fletcher, Creative Nonfiction’s own
If you’ve ever wondered how to write an alternating point-of-view historical novel with prose that wields similes like samurai swords, then Kim Brooks’ second appearance on Behind the Prose is for you. Brooks graces the virtual studio a second time to discuss her debut novel
Elana Rabinowitz, who I met through the great world of social media, caught my eye for her clips in major outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post. When I learned she’d only been pitching for publication for less than a year, I
Kim Brooks is the new personal essays editor at Salon, a baton passed on to her from Sarah Hepola. I met Kim (virtually) after I interviewed Sharisse Tracey who had an essay published in Salon. Oh, and by the way, Sharisse Tracey just had another
This week’s episode goes behind the prose of Sharisse Tracey, a fellow New School Creative Writing Program alum. Sharisse recorded this show in the middle of one of her best writing weeks ever! If you’re not on the email newsletter – why not? – here’s a
Let me just start off by saying that after transcribing writer Sean Ennis’ interview (Yeah, I’m back on that again!), I’ve decided that he’s the most conscious self-editor I’ve interviewed this year. As soon as the words leave his mouth, he’s already assessed whether it’s
BY SCOTT ALEXANDER HESS When I wrote my new Lethe Press novel The Butcher’s Sons, a book about three brothers living in their father’s butcher shop in the gritty world of 1930’s Hell’s Kitchen, I spent two weeks in Ireland researching their great-grandfather’s back story.
I’m happy to share that Kate Walter’s Behind the Prose episode is doing great. She debuted at number four in the writing slot! But we could do much better! We’ve had two number one shows – Andrew Bomback’s No Excuse Zone, and Jennifer Niesslein’s Get
Serendipity. Noun: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way: a fortunate stroke of serendipity | a series of small serendipities When I interviewed writer and teacher Kate Walter in the second week of June, I’d already delayed the
Yes, you read it right. The legendary Lee Gutkind graces the Behind the Prose virtual studio for a chat with yours truly. In this interview, we discuss everything from what time he goes to bed to how he crafted an overall narrative in a collection of
BY CHELSEY CLAMMER The firehouse burns down. The teacher fails a test. Fahrenheit 451 is a banned book. Reader, meet irony: when an intended meaning is different than the actual meaning, when a situation may end differently than anticipated. The difference between