Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers
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This week's episode moves beyond inspiring and into the territory of important, essential, and recommended listening—and reading. Guest Dr. Brian H. Williams, author of the debut memoir, The Bodies Keep Coming, joins us to talk about his experience as a trauma surgeon, and what being on the hospital frontlines can teach us about racial inequities in America. On the writing side of things, Brooke and Grant talk about how hard it can be for memoirists to truly open up, especially if you’re not used to sharing your feelings, or if there’s a perception that you don’t want the book to be too much “about you.” Dr. Williams touches upon all this, and shares how, as a self-professed man of few words, he pushed himself to be so self-revealing in his memoir.
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Conviction—When You Know Your Story Resonates, featuring Alka Joshi
Fear and Desire, featuring Erica Jong
Migration as an Essential Shared Story, featuring Shanthi Sekaran
Challenging Your Perspective on the Journey to Getting Published, featuring Bella Mahaya Carter
Why Retelling Stories Is Always an Act of Creation, featuring Kwame Mbalia
Owning Your Authority as an Author, featuring J. Allen Cross
Allowing Anger to Fuel Your Writing, featuring Namina Forna
Get Ready for NaNoWriMo, featuring Chris Baty
The Art of Subtext, featuring EJ Koh
The Difficult Balance of Writing and Self-Care, featuring Charlie Jane Anders
The Staying Power of the Mother-Daughter Story, featuring Laura Davis
Books That Help Start Conversations with Kids, featuring Anastasia Higginbotham
Using Storytelling to Inform and Educate, featuring Kaitlyn Greenidge
Craft Is Never Neutral, featuring Matthew Salesses
Confronting Shame, featuring Firoozeh Dumas
Best of YA, featuring Laurie Halse Anderson and Marie Lu
Best of Sex Writing, featuring Deesha Philyaw and Kim Addonizio
Best of Memoir, featuring Mary Karr and Elizabeth Gilbert
Best of Debut Fiction, featuring Mateo Askaripour and Sameer Pandya
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