The Self-improvement Memoir, featuring Peggy Orenstein

The Self-improvement Memoir, featuring Peggy Orenstein

The Self-improvement Memoir, featuring Peggy Orenstein Peggy Orenstein joins Brooke and Grant this week to talk about a number of ideas at the center of her newest memoir, Unraveling. We cover sheep shearing, the fast fashion industry, the crafts(wo)manship that came...
Mining Tension in Fiction, featuring Gish Jen

Mining Tension in Fiction, featuring Gish Jen

Mining Tension in Fiction, featuring Gish Jen Building tension in stories is part of writing good fiction writing, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to do—and it also requires writers to be conscious of the tensions they’re trying to mine. In this week’s show, tension...
Memoirs That Risk Everything, featuring Eden Boudreau

Memoirs That Risk Everything, featuring Eden Boudreau

Memoirs That Risk Everything, featuring Eden Boudreau What are some of the memoirs you’ve read and loved that share unspeakable truths? This question is at the center of this week’s show—and we welcome guest Eden Boudreau to share about what we risk—and gain—when we...
The Art of Brevity, featuring Grant Faulkner

The Art of Brevity, featuring Grant Faulkner

The Art of Brevity, featuring Grant Faulkner Write-minded celebrates and honors Grant Faulkner this week as he releases his newest book, The Art of Brevity. Grant’s interest and obsession with the short form is the subject of this week’s episode, a conversation about...
How Psychology Drives Good Fiction, featuring Ana Reyes

How Psychology Drives Good Fiction, featuring Ana Reyes

How Psychology Drives Good Fiction, featuring Ana Reyes At the heart of all good fiction are psychologically complex drives, character motives, and the layered paradoxes of human experience. And while we’re focusing on Ana Reyes and her recently released thriller, The...