• First Draft - Steve Almond

  • May 6 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
  • Podcast

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First Draft - Steve Almond

  • Summary

  • Steve Almond is the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His recent books include the novel All the Secrets of the World and WilliamStoner and the Battle for the Inner Life. For four years, Steve hosted the New York Times Dear Sugar podcast with Cheryl Strayed. He is the recipient of a 2022 NEA grant in fiction, and his short stories have been anthologized in the Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, Best American Erotica, and Best American Mysteries series. His new book is Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories. We talk about craft in creative writing and creative nonfiction, managing conflict in stories, bringing emotion and urgency into writing about the human experience, obsession, plot and causation, and clove cigarettes and the novel Stoner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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