Debutiful
Discover debut authors with Debutiful. In each episode, host Adam Vitcavage has an in-depth chat with a debut author about their first book, their reading and writing history, and their writing and editing habits.
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Claire Jia, author of Wanting, joined the podcast to discuss what life is like in the months after you publish your debut book. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9781963108279
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On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it.
Ally Ang, author of Let the Moon Wobble, reads a selection of poe...
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Eshani Surya, author of Ravishing, joined the podcast to discuss invisible disabilities, finding community, and the power of editing and revising. You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/339/9780802164681
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On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it.
Cloud Delfina Cordona, author of The Past is a Jean Jacket, reads a selection of poems from her debut poetry collection.
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Craig Thomas, author of That's Not How It Happened, joined the podcast to discuss How I Met Your Mother, his learning more about himself through writing fiction, and how his son's experience with Jacobsen Syndrome inspired him to write his debut novel.
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Eric Heisserer, author of Simultaneous, joined the podcast to discuss writing screenplays, adapting fiction, and why this story needed to be told as a novel.
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On every First Taste Reading Series episode, a writer introduces their book and reads a selection from it.
Max Delsohn, author of Crawl, reads a story from his debut short story collection.
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Jaquira Díaz, author of This Is the Only Kingdom, joined the podcast to discuss why she writes both fiction and nonfiction, what she gets out of teaching writing, and why Puerto Rico is the answer for her.
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Laura Venita Green, author of Sister Creatures, joined the podcast to discuss starting to write fiction in her 30s, her exploration of horror/gothic/genre, and how cycling across the country changed the course of her life.
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Teresa Dzieglewicz, author of Something Small of How to See a River, reads a selection of poems from her debut poetry collection.
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Michelle Gurule, author of Thank You, John, joined the podcast to discuss being a sugar baby, when she first felt like a writer, and why her memoir is really about family.
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Isabella DeSendi, author of Someone Else's Hunger, reads a selection of poems from her debut poetry collection.
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Brian Gyamfi, author of What God in the Kingdom of Bastards, reads a selection of poems from his debut poetry collection.
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Jason Diamond, author of Kaplan's Plot, joined the podcast to discuss writing as a career, how his debut novel was inspired by his family, and why Stephen King will be taught like Shakespeare.
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Lacey N. Dunham, author of The Belles, joined the podcast to discuss gothic fiction, navigating the literary community, and letting aspects of her novel's plot and structure fall into place naturally.
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Melissa Pace, author of The Once and Future Me, joined the podcast to discuss her unconventional path to fiction, writing for the screen, and figuring out all of the genre elements to her debut novel.
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Antonio Michael Downing, author of Black Cherokee, reads an excerpt from his novel.
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Ed Park, author of An Oral History of Atlantis, reads an excerpt from his debut short story collection.
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Addie E. Citchens, author of Dominion, joined the podcast to discuss Mississippi, finding her path to writing that works for her, and making sure her ending was the ending her book deserved.
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Yiming Ma, author of These Memories Do Not Belong To Us, joined the podcast to discuss transitioning from the business and tech world to writing fiction, learning about how his memories work, and his love for the NBA!
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