Writers On Writing

In a show dedicated to memoir, Rick Moody joins Marrie Stone to talk about his latest book, The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Hope and Struggle in Matrimony. He shares how he wrote through a difficult life experience, feeding his creative energy, and more.In the second half, Elissa Altman joins to talk about Motherland: A Memoir of Love, Loathing and Longing. She discusses the intricate connection between food and mothering, writing critically about a loved one who is still alive, and what the writing—and reading aloud—of the book taught her about her own story.Download audio.(Broadcast date: August 14, 2019)

Memoirist Liz Scott, author of This Never Happened, and Sands Hall, author of Flunk. Start.: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology, talk with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about their memoirs.Download audio.  (Broadcast date: August 7, 2019)

Novelist Janet Fitch, author of Chimes of a Lost Cathedral, joins Barbara DeMarco-Barrett to talk about her new novel published by Little Brown.Download audio.(Broadcast date: July 31, 2019)

Taffy Brodesser-Akner joins Marrie Stone to talk about her novel, Fleishman is in Trouble. In the second half, Kathleen Alcott joins to talk about her latest, America Was Hard to Find.Download audio.(Broadcast date: July 24, 2019)