Writing Stories
Each episode of Writing Stories features an interview with a contemporary author about how her book went from an idea in her head to an object on a shelf. Join us on Writing Stories for honesty, struggle, and triumph, for writing community, publishing insight, and inspiration to persist in whatever difficult but meaningful journey you've chosen for yourself.
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"Write or Die" — Annell López tells the story of I'll Give You A Reason
In this episode, Annell López tells the story of I'll Give You A Reason.
Along the way, she covers:
Full-time high school teaching while full-time MFA
Affordances of short story collections
Generating ideas by asking what if the opposite happens
Feminist Press and the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize
Drown by Junot Diaz
More of This World or Maybe Another by Barb Johnson
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans
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