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Writing It!

Writing It!

By: The Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida
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 "Writing It! The Podcast About Academics & Writing" dives deep into the world of academic writing and publishing. Join us for conversations with academics and editors as we discuss challenges, strategies, and insights from our writing lives. As we share our experiences and helpful hacks, we make the process of writing and getting published a bit more transparent and a bit less overwhelming.© 2026 The Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida Art Literary History & Criticism Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • Episode 71: When the Biography Writing Road is Long with Megan Marshall

    Episode 71: When the Biography Writing Road is Long with Megan Marshall
    Mar 9 2026

    We’re speaking with Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winner and Professor Emerita at Emerson College, she is the author of biographies of Margaret Fuller, the Peabody Sisters, and Elizabeth Bishop, among other books. We speak about working on writing projects that take many years, writing about her former teacher (poet Elizabeth Bishop), unexpected turns in a writing project (including changing editors), archive discoveries, organizing notes, recreating scenes from long ago, writing groups, and balancing our absorption with a subject and our own family life. We also talked about Megan’s turn to writing about her own family in her most recent book, After Lives: On biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart.

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    54 mins
  • Episode 70: "Yes, your editor googles you..." and other things your editor thinks and does with Adina Popescu

    Episode 70: "Yes, your editor googles you..." and other things your editor thinks and does with Adina Popescu
    Feb 23 2026

    In this episode, we talk with Yale University Press Executive Editor Adina Popescu about what makes her interested in a book manuscript and in an academic author. Our topics include: What the query letter should include; how to approach the conference "book exhibit hall conversation with an editor; what occurs at the mysterious university press "boards" and who is present at those meetings; why and when book manuscripts return to reviewers; why an editor might ask for additional reviews of your manuscript, and how to get the most out of the review process. Adina also talks what has changed the most in publishing and book-reviewing.

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    39 mins
  • Episode 69: ENCORE EPISODE 69: Figuring out the Post-Tenure Book with Elli Stern

    Episode 69: ENCORE EPISODE 69: Figuring out the Post-Tenure Book with Elli Stern
    Feb 9 2026

    Yale professor Elli Stern talks with us about figuring out what kind of writing we want to do after tenure—and the importance of building a team of friends and colleagues who can read drafts and provide valuable feedback.

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    1 hr
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