The Writing University Podcast

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The Writing University podcast features recordings of illuminative craft talks from the renowned writers, novelists, poets, and essayists who present at the Eleventh Hour Lecture Series during the University of Iowa's Iowa Summer Writing Festival.

Episode Date
Episode 131: Prepping for Publication: How and Where to Submit Your Manuscripts - Kelly Dwyer
Sep 11, 2023
Episode 130: Writing into (and out of) Trope, Cliche, and Abstraction - Anna Bruno
Jul 10, 2023
Episode 128: Poetry and Questions of Peace - Zach Savich
May 14, 2020
Episode 127: Writing the Elegy - Challenges and Approaches - Suzan Aizenberg
Apr 21, 2020
Episode 126: Me, Myself and I - The Transformative Power of Reflection in Nonfiction - Juliet Patterson
Mar 13, 2020
Episode 129: Refine Your Writing With Attention to Style - Sandra Scofield
Feb 21, 2020
Episode 125: Better Talky Talky - The Art and Craft of Strong Dialogue - Kelly Dwyer
Feb 12, 2020
Episode 124: Notan - How Visual Art Informs Writing - Sandra Scofield
Feb 05, 2020
Episode 123: Writing From the Central Channel - Diana Goetsch
Jan 21, 2020
Episode 122: The Memory Curve and Transitions - Anna Bruno
Dec 18, 2019
Episode 121: Writing and the Power of Now - Mary Allen
Nov 11, 2019
Episode 120: Revising Like a Hack - Screenwriting "Rules" as a Guide for Rewrites - Kerry Howley
Oct 28, 2019
Episode 119: The Writing Life - Christine Hemp
Sep 30, 2019
Episode 118: The Music of Language, the Language of Music - Sands Hall
Sep 16, 2019
Episode 117: Writing About Family in Nonfiction - Mieke Eerkens
Sep 08, 2019
Episode 116: Transforming Life Into Writing - Eric Goodman
Aug 23, 2019
Episode 115: The Art of Humor Writing - Lyz Lenz
Aug 14, 2019
Episode 114: Mixed Feelings - Lon Otto
Aug 09, 2019
Episode 113: Memoir from the Middle of Things - Zach Savich
Jul 31, 2019
Episode 112: Writing with Death Looking Over Your Shoulder - Lori Erickson
Jul 25, 2018
Episode 111: The Life-Altering Magic of Revision - How Revisiting, Reassessing, and Reframing a Story Just Might Change Your Life - Hope Edelman
Jul 23, 2018
Episode 110: Me, Myself, and I - The Transformative Power of Reflection in Nonfiction - Juliet Patterson
Jul 22, 2018
Episode 109: On the Feminine vs. the Masculine Narrative Voice - Mieke Eerkens
Jul 18, 2018
Episode 108: Making and Breaking Taboos - Charles Holdefer
Jul 16, 2018
Episode 107: Gratitude for Time - Poetry and Moments of Thanks - Zach Savich
Jul 15, 2018
Episode 106: Titles - Diana Goetsch
Jul 14, 2018
Episode 105: Writing Under the Influence - Gordon Mennenga
Jul 11, 2018
Episode 103: The Story Lens - Sandra Scofield
Jul 09, 2018
Episode 104: Writing Resistance - Suzanne Scanlon
Jul 09, 2018
Episode 102: Why Not Quit? Tips for Becoming a Durable Writer - Tim Bascom
Jun 27, 2018
Episode 101: The Small [And Pixelated] Made Large - From Grievance To Groundbreaking Change - Amy Butcher
Jun 20, 2018
Episode 100: Writer as Witness - Katie Ford
Jun 18, 2018
Episode 98: The Everyday Writing Retreat - Mary Allen
Jul 19, 2017
Episode 97: The Crying Room - Reconsidering the Writing Workshop - Sabrina Orah Mark
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 96: Echo, Letter, Tweet - Writing as Correspondence - Michael Morse
Jul 12, 2017
Episode 95: The Novel Continuum - Sandra Scofield
Jul 10, 2017
Episode 92: How to Write the Ten-Minute Play - Kelly Dwyer
Jun 28, 2017
Episode 91: Where Experience Starts - The Image - Juliet Patterson
Jun 26, 2017
Episode 90: Nerve - Some Kinds of Courage Necessary for Writing - Lon Otto
Jun 26, 2017
Episode 89: Same Content / Different Form - Jim Heynen
Jun 21, 2017
Episode 87: The Art of Play: Jeffery Renard Allen
Jun 19, 2017
Episode 86: From Conception to Delivery: The Birth of One Novel w/ Amy Hassinger
Jul 27, 2016
Episode 85: Writing for Strangers: A Question of Audience w/ Lon Otto
Jul 21, 2016
Episode 84: The Poet As Collector w/ Sabrina Orah Mark
Jun 20, 2016
Episode 82: Please, Just Don’t Call It Journaling: Writing for Self Versus Others w/ Sarah Saffian
Jun 08, 2016
Episode 81: The Power and the Place of Place w/ Eric Goodman
Jun 02, 2016
Episode 80: Against Ideas w/ Paula Morris
May 31, 2016
Episode 79: Actually Writing: The Outer, Inner & Secret Practice w/ Diana Goetsch
May 23, 2016
Episode 78: Writing in the Digital Age w/ Ned Stuckey-French
May 19, 2016
Episode 77: Hybrid Writing w/ Elizabeth Robinson
May 09, 2016
Episode 76: Mysteries of Love and Grief: The Long Way from Impulse to Family Story w/ Sandra Scofield
May 04, 2016
Episode 75: Ghosts, Battlefields and Hallucinations: Creative Writing from Research w/ Lauren Haldeman
May 02, 2016
Episode 74: Clarity and Depth: Writing between the Lines w/ Venise Berry
Apr 26, 2016
Episode 73: Tim Bascom—As I See It: What Essayists Can Learn from Visual Artists
Jul 30, 2015
Bonus Episode: Beau O’Reilly — Finish the Thing
Jul 21, 2015
Episode 72: Hope Edelman and Naomi Jackson—Writing Family and Grief
Jul 20, 2015
Episode 71: Amber Dermont—The Joke Is Always on Me: A Writer Walks into a Bar (Again) and Other Tales of Repetition, Juxtaposition, Self-Deprecation and the Understated Power of Stealing from Stand-Up Comedy and Deploying Humor to Reveal, Heighten and Distract or Is This Craft Talk Just One Long Practical Joke (Yes, But It’s on Me)
Jul 16, 2015
Episode 70: Ned Stuckey-French—Moving Pictures, Moving Words: The Arrival of the Video Essay
Jul 15, 2015
Episode 69: John Dalton—Ten Ways of Thinking about Character
Jul 13, 2015
Episode 68: Mary Allen—Edit Like a Zen Master
Jul 08, 2015
Episode 67: Margaret Patton Chapman—The Craft of Enchantment: What Fairy Tales Can Teach Us about Writing
Jul 07, 2015
Episode 66: Juliet Patterson—Alternative Fuel Sources: Powering the Non-narrative Essay
Jun 18, 2015
Episode 65: Michael Morse—Metaphor as Building Block: Idea to Image and Image to Idea
Jun 16, 2015
Episode 64: “Please, Just Don’t Call it “Journaling”: Writing for Self Versus for Others”
Jun 15, 2015
Episode 63: Lon Otto—When Bad Bets Pay Off
Jun 11, 2015
Episode 62: Susan Taylor Chehak — Self-Publishing and the Small Press
Jun 10, 2015
Episode 61: Elizabeth Robinson -- You Can Start a Press/Publication
Jul 24, 2014
Episode 60: Juliet Patterson -- How Poets See the World: The Art of Description
Jul 23, 2014
Episode 59: Kelly Dwyer -- Better Talky Talky: The Art and Craft of Strong Dialogue
Jul 22, 2014
Episode 58: Sarah Saffian -- The Politics of Writing About Loved Ones
Jul 21, 2014
Episode 57: Joyelle McSweeney—Contemporary Gothic(s)
Jul 17, 2014
Episode 56: Éireann Lorsung -- ‘Productivity’ and ‘Failure’ for Writers
Jul 16, 2014
Episode 55: Hope Edelman -- The Story Behind Your Story
Jul 10, 2014
Episode 54: Kate Aspengren -- Who Are These People and Who Invited Them?
Jul 09, 2014
Episode 53: Nancy K. Barry -- The Sixth “W” in Nonfiction Writing and Research
Jul 08, 2014
Episode 52: Carolyn Lieberg -- Write What You Know: The Scary Truism That Haunts Writers
Jul 07, 2014
Episode 51: Faculty Reading: Sabrina Orah Mark, Michael Martone, Beau O'Reilly, Robin Hemley, Elizabeth McCracken
Jun 28, 2014
Episode 50: Mary Allen -- Harnessing Time: The Key to Writing
Jun 26, 2014
Episode 49: Talk Pretty, Talk Turkey—Just, You Know, Talk To Me
Jun 25, 2014
Episode 48: Stephen Lovely—Marathon Training for the Fiction Writer: Conditioning Your Mind and Body to Go the Distance
Jun 25, 2014
Episode 47: Michael Morse -- Rebel With a Clause: The Prose Poem
Jun 23, 2014
Episode 46: Jim Heynan: “Same Content/Different Form”
Jun 19, 2014
Episode 45: Hilary Plum -- Approaching Fact in Fiction
Jun 10, 2014
Episode 44: The Art of Juxtaposition | Carol Spindel
Jun 09, 2014
Episode 43: Stephen Lovely—Marathon Training for the Fiction Writer: Conditioning Your Mind and Body to Go the Distance
Jul 25, 2013
Episode 42: Jim Heynen—Write What You Don’t Know About
Jul 11, 2013
Episode 41: Mary Allen—Working with Time, the Key to Writing
Jul 10, 2013
Episode 40: Susan Taylor Chehak—Going Graphic: What the Storytelling Secrets of Comics Can Tell Us About Narrative Technique
Jul 09, 2013
Episode 39: Robert Siegel—Haiku for Prose Writers: Exploring the Power of the Image
Jul 08, 2013
Episode 38: Robert Fernandez -- The Language of Music, the Music of Poetry
Jun 13, 2013
Episode 37: Juliet Patterson & BK Loren -- Poetry as Foundation of Fiction and Nonfiction
Jun 11, 2013
Episode 36: Timothy Bascom—Sudden Riches: The Surprising and Satisfying Role of Research in the Personal Essay
Jun 10, 2013
Episode 35: Sands Hall—Into the Woods, Down to the Underworld
Jul 26, 2012
Episode 34: Kathryn Rhett & Jessica Handler—The Tough Stuff: Write Well, Feel Better
Jul 25, 2012
Episode 33: Christine Hemp—Yikes: A Deadline! Limitation as Liberation
Jul 24, 2012
Episode 32: Amber Dermont, Blueberry Morningsnow, Nick Twemlow, & Vinnie Wilhelm—Influence & Inspiration
Jul 19, 2012
Episode 31: Cheryl Fusco Johnson—Shy Writers Do It, Too: Enlivening Writing by Harnessing the Power of Effective Interviewing Techniques
Jul 18, 2012
Episode 30: Kate Aspergren -- Playwriting: from Page to Stage
Jul 16, 2012
Episode 29: Susan Taylor Chehak -- Storytelling and Time
Jul 12, 2012
Episode 28: Elizabeth Robinson—Giving a Good Reading and Why it Matters
Jun 27, 2012
Episode 27: Michael Morse—Lost and Found: Reading and Writing the Elegy
Jun 26, 2012
Episode 26: Eric Goodman—Place, Race, and History: Writing About Subjects That Compel and Terrify Us
Jun 26, 2012
Episode 25: Diane Goetsch—The Three Poisons
Jun 21, 2012
Episode 24: Karen Bender—How to Find the Short Story within your Novel
Jun 20, 2012
Episode 23: Robert Siegel—Flash Fiction
Jun 18, 2012
Episode 22: Carol Spindel—The Art of Juxtaposition
Jun 14, 2012
Episode 21: Emily Pettit, Mark Leidner, Madeline McDonnell, & Bianca Stone—Influence & Inspiration
Jun 12, 2012
Episode 20: Anjali Sachdeva—Step Away From the Desk: Experiential Writing
Jun 11, 2012
Episode 19: BK Loren: "Process is Practice: Making Your Writing Matter"
Jun 16, 2011
Episode 18: Dara Wier—Chance, Risk, and “Getting Away With It”
Jun 13, 2011
Episode 17: Marcos M. Villatoro: “Finding Inspiration from the Work Itself”
Jun 10, 2011
Episode 16: Lon Otto: "Touchstones, Templates, & The Train Tracks Your Mule's On"
Jun 29, 2010
Episode 15: Katie Ford: "Ghost Forms: Using Traditional Form in Free Verse"
Jun 19, 2010
Episode 14: Lon Otto: "Avoiding Literary Thin Ice"
Jun 18, 2010
Episode 13: Tim Bascom: "Picture That: Creative Nonfiction For The Visual Learner
Jun 17, 2010
Episode 12: Eric Goodman—Transforming Life Into Art
Jun 15, 2010
Episode 11: Christine Hemp on Writing About Happiness
Jul 19, 2009
Episode 10: Marc Nieson, “Making Words Count”
Jun 30, 2009
Episode 9: David Hamilton: “A Baker’s (Half) Dozen Ways of Looking at a Literary Magazine”
Jun 20, 2009
Episode 8: Mary Allen:"Bending the Spoon: Writing as a Path to Mindfulness and Other Spiritual Practices"
Jun 09, 2008
Episode 7: David Bouchier: “The Word Diet - Avoiding Verbosity”
Jul 25, 2007
Episode 6: Marcos M. Villatoro: “Finding Inspiration from the Work Itself”
Jul 23, 2007
Episode 5: Venise Berry: "Writing with Ethnic Diversity"
Jun 26, 2007
Episode 4: Sands Hall: Building Characters
Jun 21, 2007
Episode 3: Jim Heynan: “Same Content/Different Form”
Jun 20, 2007
Episode 2: Christine Hemp on Writing About Happiness
Jun 19, 2007
Episode 1: Dora Malech -- Talking It Out: Writing as Conversation
Jun 18, 2007
Episode 132: Crafting "Excess" - Darius Stewart
Jan 01, 1970