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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Written by: Mitzi Rapkin
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 First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, non-fiction, essay, and poetry writers. First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing highlights the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. This weekly show hosted by Mitzi Rapkin is a celebration of creative writing and the individuals who are dedicated to bringing their carefully chosen words to print as well as the impact writers have on the world we live in. Art
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  • First Draft - Devon O'Neil

    First Draft - Devon O'Neil
    Dec 29 2025
    Devon O’Neil is a freelance journalist based in Breckenridge, Colorado, and the author of The Way Out: A true story of survival in the Heart of the Rockies, published in November 2025 by HarperOne. In the past he has worked as a daily newspaperman, a staff writer for ESPN.com, and a correspondent for Outside magazine. O’Neil’s stories have been anthologized in The Best American Travel Writing and noted in The Best American Sports Writing, and twice have been finalists for national awards in civic journalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • First Draft 12th Anniversary Best Of - Michael Kleber Diggs

    First Draft 12th Anniversary Best Of - Michael Kleber Diggs
    Dec 26 2025
    Michael Kleber-Diggs is a poet, essayist, and literary critic. He was born and raised in Kansas and now makes his home in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His debut poetry collection, Worldly Things, won the Max Ritvo Poetry prize and will be published by Milkweed Editions in June, 2021. Michael teaches creative writing through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and at colleges and high schools in Minnesota. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • First Draft - Elizabeth McCracken (Returns 4th Time)

    First Draft - Elizabeth McCracken (Returns 4th Time)
    Dec 22 2025
    Elizabeth McCracken is the author of nine books: Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry, The Giant’s House, Niagara Falls All Over Again, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, Bowlaway, The Souvenir Museum, The Hero of This Book, and A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction. She’s received grants and fellowships from United States Artists, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Liguria Study Center, the American Academy in Berlin, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
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