Let's Have a Renaissance: The DateKeepers Podcast with Itto and Mekiya Outini
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Welcome to Let’s Have a Renaissance, a podcast about literature and the arts, where where authors, editors, artists, composers, and other creative professionals come together to discuss what it takes to build a sustainable career in the arts in the twenty-first century.
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162: Why Are Publishers Squandering These Opportunities? – A Conversation with Mark Brazaitis
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Nov 06, 2026 |
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161: Were We Wasting Their Time?
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Nov 04, 2026 |
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160: All Monsters Are Human – A Digital Exhibition by Roland Becerra
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Nov 02, 2026 |
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159: Why I Don’t Deserve to Be in Jail This Halloween
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Oct 30, 2026 |
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158: Once You Listen, It Will Never Leave – A Conversation with Huck Hodge
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Oct 28, 2026 |
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157: Shakespeare's Worst Play? – A Digital Exhibition by Craig Drennen
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Oct 26, 2026 |
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156: Canada Did WHAT to Orphans? – A Conversation with Masha Ryskin & Serge Marchetta
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Oct 23, 2026 |
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155: Seeking the Blind Owl – A Digital Exhibition by Donna Conlon
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Oct 21, 2026 |
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154: Can Someone on Food Stamps Buy a Mine? – A Conversation with Heidi Kraay
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Oct 19, 2026 |
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153: Editing Fiction on the Web – A Conversation with Charlie Fish
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Oct 16, 2026 |
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152: Splinters in My Hand – A Digital Exhibition by Bill Hosterman
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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151: Why Write for Weird Instruments? – A Conversation with Donald R. Womack
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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150: Why Are Film Festivals Dying? – A Conversation with Jeannette Louie
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Oct 09, 2026 |
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149: Fire and Ice and Everything Nice – A Conversation with Diane Burko & Mary Salvante
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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148: Hello, Are You Still You Today? – A Conversation with Michael P. Dalberg
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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147: Are Publicists Paid to Burn Bridges?
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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146: Editing America's Oldest Literary Magazine, Part 1 – A Conversation with Jeremy Schraffenberger
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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145: Finding Your Voice in a Mysterious State – A Conversation with Acie Clark
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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144: Why Are Words Cheap Now, and What Can We Do About It? – A Conversation with Gwydion Suilebhan
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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143: Is Craig Drennen Awful? – A Conversation with Craig Drennen
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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142: Listen to This Before Submitting to Literary Magazines
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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141: How to Become Poet Laureate – A Conversation with Jennifer Militello
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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140: Artists in Love – A Digital Exhibition by Masha Ryskin & Serge Marchetta
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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139: Is Pop Music Still Pushing Boundaries? – A Conversation with John Garrison
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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138: Do the Voiceless Need a Voice? – A Conversation with Glenn Kurtz
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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137: Resurrect Your Darlings
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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136: Male Loneliness and Space Mirrors – A Conversation with Josh Weil
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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135: Are the Universities Collapsing? – A Conversation with Jorge Grossman
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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134: Our Families Discarded Us…Now What? – A Conversation with Ben Miller
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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133: Listen to This Before Starting Your Nonprofit – A Conversation with Mitch Cope
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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132: Where Your World and My World Meet – A Conversation with Andrea Clearfield
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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131: What's a Book Really Worth? – A Conversation with Kevin Brockmeier
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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130: Utopias Lost and Found – A Conversation with Heide Fasnacht & Nancy Princenthal
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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129: What Is Our Moral Imperative? – A Conversation with Rose Whitmore
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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128: But Isn’t the Publisher Supposed to Do That? – A Conversation with Roger Matthew Grant
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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127: The Virginity Consultant – A Reading and Discussion by Itto & Mekiya Outini
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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126: The Stranger in Your House – A Conversation with Adam Gnuse
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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125: I Shouldn’t Tell You This, But... – A Conversation with Peter Gilbert
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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124: What's Keeping Good Books from Getting Published? – A Conversation with Kathleen Peirce
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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123: The Adventures of Sweaterman – A Conversation with Mark Newport
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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122: Executive of Nonsense – A Conversation with Eric Lyon
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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121: How a Poem Learns to Think – A Conversation with Dan Beachy Quick
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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120: Three Immigrant Stories – A Reading and Discussion by Itto & Mekiya Outini
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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119: Why Are So Many Blockbusters Still Losing Money? – A Conversation with Mildred Inez Lewis
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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118: Why Is It So Hard to Launch a Nonprofit? – A Conversation with Robert Paterson
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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117: What Matters Most in Historical Fiction? – A Conversation with Ron Nyren
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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116: Encounters with the Infinite – A Digital Exhibition by Matt Marello
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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115: Why Do They Want to Keep Us Young? – A Conversation with Joe Cantrell
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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114: What’s Wrong with Philosophy? – A Conversation with Troy Jollimore
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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113: How to Make Art and Escape from Home School – A Conversation with Keith Crowley
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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112: Classical Music Has a Marketing Problem – A Conversation with Marti Epstein
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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111: Why Do They Hate Us? – A Conversation with Christopher Merrill
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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110: Don’t Give in to Loneliness. Do This Instead – A Conversation with Lesley Dill
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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109: The Art of Mispronouncing Names – A Conversation with Bobby Ge
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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108: Do Women Have it Harder in the West? – A Conversation with Shiri Mordechay
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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107: Brief Encounters with the Oklahoma City Bomber – A Conversation with Connie Squires
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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106: Why Were These Doctors Killing Their Patients? – A Conversation with Ray Lustig & Max Hein
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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105: Which Is the Better Life: Material or Spiritual? – A Conversation with Julie Heffernan
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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104: To Know One Truth Is to Know Nothing – A Conversation with Dean Rader
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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103: Will AI Keep Writing Your Books When You're Gone? – A Conversation with John Dalton
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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102: Is Luck Enough to Get a Residency? – A Conversation with Kati Gegenheimer
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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101: What Can You Do with a Dead Man’s Fingers? – A Conversation with Sheryl Jaffe
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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100: What You're Getting Wrong about Copyright Law – A Conversation with Elissa D. Hecker
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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99: Will AI Replace Visual Artists? – A Conversation with David Molesky
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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98: Is the American Dream Alive for Artists? – A Conversation with Anthony Gatto
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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97: Peacocks on the Streets – A Conversation with Michele Wolf
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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96: The Art of Data Mining – A Conversation with Kamala Sankaram
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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95: Can AI Write Your Poetry for You? – A Conversation with Peter Kline
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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94: The Church of Inconvenience – A Conversation with Helen O’Leary
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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93: Forget AI: Will a Puppet Take Your Job? – A Conversation with Nami Yamamoto
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May 29, 2026 |
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92: What Would Camus Do (with Emojis)? – A Conversation with Steve Chang
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May 27, 2026 |
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91: Is Writing a Waste of Time? – A Conversation with Alexia Nader
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May 25, 2026 |
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90: Is AI Taking Music Jobs? – A Conversation with Ben Krause
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May 22, 2026 |
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89: Will Plastic Surgery Make You Beautiful? – A Conversation with Anne Harris
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May 20, 2026 |
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88: How to Be a Grownup When You’re a Bit of a Mess – A Conversation with Thea Chacamaty
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May 18, 2026 |
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87: What Is a Home? – A Conversation with Josue Bessiake
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May 15, 2026 |
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86: Art, Grief, Loss – A Conversation with Tom Levy
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May 13, 2026 |
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85: How to Put Together a Poetry Collection – A Conversation with Derrick Austin
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May 11, 2026 |
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84: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome – A Conversation with Jeremy Podgursky
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May 08, 2026 |
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83: Lessons from a Year in Siberia – A Conversation with Brendan Isaac Jones
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May 06, 2026 |
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82: Lessons from 50+ Years in the Visual Arts – A Conversation with Joyce Kozloff
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May 04, 2026 |
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81: Can Writers Bring People Together? – A Conversation with Jeff Bender
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May 01, 2026 |
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80: How to Tell a Ghost Story – A Conversation with Timothy Nolan
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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79: What if Someone in Your Family Is a Monster? – A Reading by Itto and Mekiya Outini
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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78: How to Keep Readers from Walking Away – A Conversation with Emma Binder
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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77: From Appalachia to Cornell – A Conversation with Robert Ray Morgan
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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76: Can Poetry Change the World? – A Conversation with Susan Kelly DeWitt
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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75: Can Literature Keep an Indigenous Language Alive? – A Conversation with William Rose
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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74: How Does Multiculturalism Shape Your Artistic Practice? – A Conversation with Abeer Hoque
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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73: Can Liberals and Conservatives Find Common Ground? – A Conversation with Boris Fishman
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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72: How to Succeed as a Multidisciplinary Artist – A Conversation with Ashley Wren Collins
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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71: Voodoo, Vacuum Cleaners, Eurydice, and LSD – A Conversation with Anne LeBaron
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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70: What Happens When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayers? – A Conversation with Matthew Dunivan
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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69: Can Hardship Enhance Your Creative Practice? – A Conversation with Julian Kreimer
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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68: There Is No Nation Greater Than Imagination – A Conversation with Eric 'Wally' Wallach
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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67: To the Island and Halfway Back, by Itto and Mekiya Outini
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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66: How to Make a Living as a Classical Composer – A Conversation with Joel Hoffman
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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65: How Do You Know if You’re Writing a Novel? – A Conversation with Reena Shah
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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64: Turning Trauma into Drama – A Conversation with Gabriel Jason Dean
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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63: What Happens When You Ask the Wrong Questions? – A Conversation with David Biespiel
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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62: How to Translate the Untranslatable – A Conversation with Hugo dos Santos
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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61: Should Writers Get Paid for Their Labor? – A Conversation with Laura Goode
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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60: Where Is the Art Market Going? – A Conversation with Elizabeth Johnson
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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59: How to Keep Your Creative Practice Sustainable – A Conversation with Scott Pinkmountain
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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58: How to Get Your Artwork in Museums and Galleries – A Conversation with Fran Siegel
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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57: A Better World Is Possible – A Conversation with Danica Novgorodoff & Meera Subramanian
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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56: An Editor's Take on Submitting to Presses and Magazines – A Conversation with Peter Campion
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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55: Is Writer's Block a Myth? – A Conversation with Sean Behrens
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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54: How to Publish a Story Collection? – A Conversation with Laura Hulthen Thomas
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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53: How to Beat Burnout as a Working Writer – A Conversation with Yaram Yahu
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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52: The Story Behind the Story – A Reading and Discussion with Itto and Mekiya Outini
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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51: Who Was the 18th Century's Messiah? – A Conversation with David Crespy
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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50: Listen, Read, Live Many LIves – A Conversation with Wesley Warshawer
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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49: What's the Difference between Thrillers and Mysteries? – A Conversation with Michael Wendroff
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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46: How to Publish in the US and Abroad – A Conversation with Dipika Mukherjee
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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45: How to Spot Red Flags in Publishing Contracts – A Conversation with Armand Rosamilia
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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43: Three Moroccan Stories by Itto & Mekiya Outini
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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42: How to Break into the Art World – A Conversation with Virginia Wagner
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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36: Can You Write and Still Be Happy? – A Conversation with Rachel Whalen
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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33: What Is Literary Science Fiction? – A Conversation with JD Adler
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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31: What Is Enstrangement, and Why Does It Matter? – A Conversation with Douglas Boyce
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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30: It's Never Too Late to Start Writing – A Conversation with Susan Carlisle
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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28: Art, Globalization, and What Really Matters – A Conversation with Siavash Golkar
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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26: How to Write a Book Review – A Conversation with Ann Kjellberg
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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25: What Counts as Art? – A Conversation with Kai Franz
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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24: Of Shakespeare and Women – A Conversation with Elizabeth Sylvia
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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23: Russian Literature, Soviet Life – A Conversation with Stanley Ridgley
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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22: Writing Short Films – A Conversation with Susan Kougell
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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20: Art Couple Talk! – A Conversation with Jennifer Griffith & William Gadea
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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18: Turning an MFA Thesis into a Book – A Conversation with Mary Simmons
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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17: Redeeming Suburbia – A Conversation with Charles Ritchie
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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16: What Does It Take to Write a Memoir? – A Conversation with Jane Wong
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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15: What Does Speculative Fiction Have to Do with Dostoevsky? – A Conversation with Laurie Sheck
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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14: Write What You Don't Yet Know – A Conversation with Abhishek Pandit
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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13: Writing as a Profession – A Conversation with Rebecca Macijeski
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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12: The Artist's Quest for Work-Life Balance – A Conversation with Tamara Nemirovsky
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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11: Myth Alive! – A Conversation with Spencer Sutton
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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10: A New Old Poetic Vision – A Conversation with Crisosto Apache
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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9: On Death and Choosing – An Interview with Kathryn Trueblood
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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8: Writing Beyond Borders – A Conversation with Michael David Lukas
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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7: The Italian-American Racial Reckoning - A Conversation with Michele Reale
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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6: What Is a Book Coach...And Do You Need One?
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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5: Blurring the Lines – A Conversation with Luis Quijano
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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4: Can Music Remake the Internet? – A Conversation with Laurence Warner
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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3: Reviving a Legacy - a Conversation with Joanne Mulcahy
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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1: You've Got a Book In You
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Jun 16, 2025 |