Rewrite Radio

Rewrite Radio is the podcast of the Festival of Faith & Writing, a biennial celebration of literature and belief in Grand Rapids, MI. Festival is the flagship initiative of the Calvin Center for Faith & Writing (CCFW), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit fostering scholarship & community around the literary arts.

Episodes

#68 Rebecca Sheir

April 29, 2025 • 39 mins

In Episode #68 of Rewrite Radio, Rebecca Sheir shares how folktales entertain, inspire, and unite us in this noisy, high-tech world, and act as a bridge between cultures and communities.

The theme music if Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#67 Virginia Stem Owens 1994

April 11, 2023 • 29 mins

In Episode #67 of Rewrite Radio, Virginia Stem Owens muses on the difficulties, disappointments, and goodness of real communities. She encourages her audience to seek genuine “local habitations” over abstract “airy nothings.”

Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#66 Thomas Lynch

January 31, 2023 • 34 mins

In Rewrite Radio Episode #66, Thomas Lynch discusses faith, poetry, and their transformative powers. He asks us to see others as pilgrims on various roads of belief—all searching after a common table.

Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#65 Clare Vanderpool

January 18, 2023 • 53 mins

In episode #65 of Rewrite Radio, Newbery Medal winner Clare Vanderpool shares how stories transform us and how to maintain our most honest selves. She also sings a few yodel-ay-hee’s from her book Moon Over Manifest.Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#64 Jennifer Trafton

July 29, 2022 • 50 mins

In episode #64 of Rewrite Radio, Jennifer Trafton teaches her listeners and students that play is at the heart of creativity. She draws on her experiences as a child and in the classroom to invite writers to play so that the idea brings something new to the world. Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#63 Diane Glancy and Sefi Atta

July 29, 2022 • 41 mins

In episode #63 of Rewrite Radio, Sefi Atta and Diane Glancy offer their own thoughts on writing across the borders of religion, culture, language and more. Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#62 Jeff Zentner

July 29, 2022 • 41 mins

In episode #62 of Rewrite Radio, Jeff Zentner tells how he invited his characters to live inside his head for months in order to let them tell their own stories. He encourages listeners to write who fascinates them and that the story threads will follow.Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#61 Brady Udall

July 7, 2022 • 46 mins

In Rewrite Radio episode #61, Brady Udall offers his thoughts on teaching how to write a novel as opposed to short story or poetry. He distinguishes the long-lived popularity of novels in today’s society and why that is.

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#60 Anbara Salam

July 7, 2022 • 33 mins

In Rewrite Radio episode #60, Dr. Anbara Salam teaches us more about the human interest in cults, how they are represented, and how they reveal our deepest vulnerabilities and anxieties.

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#59 Gloria Pinkney

July 7, 2022 • 60 mins

In episode #59 of Rewrite Radio, author and minister Gloria Pinkney retells stories of how God answered her prayers through a reoccurring bumper sticker, through a yellow tow truck outside the LaGuardia Airport, and through many other signs. Listen as she encourages others to take time for God and ask Him questions.

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#58 Mitali Perkins

June 16, 2022 • 53 mins

In episode #58 of Rewrite Radio, Mitali Perkins offers five truths about fiction. Listen as she thinks of stories as windows and mirrors that teach us to make things right. Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#57 Helena Maria Viramontes

June 16, 2022 • 27 mins

In episode #57 of Rewrite Radio, Helena María Viramontes shares her thoughts on prayer, compassion, and love to form a deeper connection with others. Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#56 Doris Betts

June 16, 2022 • 22 mins

In Rewrite Radio episode #56, Doris Betts reads from her novel, Souls Raised from the Dead, at the 1994 Festival of Faith & Writing. This particular chapter involves a quick-witted conversation between the two grandmothers of the main character, Mary Grace, who is currently in the hospital. Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#55 Dan Taylor

May 27, 2022 • 68 mins

In Rewrite Radio Episode #55, writer, speaker, and traveler Daniel Taylor discusses the healing power of stories and the way stories make us a different person.Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#54 Emma Green

May 27, 2022 • 26 mins

In Rewrite Radio Episode #54, journalist Emma Green opens up her reporter’s notebook from her time spent living in Jerusalem, looking at the broader themes that animate global religion.Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#53 Luis Alberto Urrea

May 27, 2022 • 56 mins

In Rewrite Radio Episode #53, Luis Alberto Urrea shares his journey as a faithful writer—from a Tijuana garbage dump to Devil’s Highway. Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#52 Eugene Peterson 2010

May 2, 2022 • 57 mins

In Rewrite Radio Episode #52, Eugene Peterson and Scott Hoezee discuss teaching, preaching, and conversation at the 2010 Festival of Faith & Writing.Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#51 Carlos Eire 2008

May 2, 2022 • 50 mins

In Rewrite Radio Episode #51, National Book Award winner Carlos Eire muses on the ethics of false memory, the power of images, and the story of thousands of children who, like him, were airlifted from Castro's Cuba, without their parents, in the early 1960's.Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#50 Jen Hatmaker 2018

May 2, 2022 • 61 mins

In Rewrite Radio Episode #50, Jen Hatmaker and Jennifer Holberg discuss the truths that humor conveys, the need for good friends, and the problems facing evangelicals.Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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#49 Lee Smith 1996

April 13, 2022 • 33 mins

In Rewrite Radio Episode #49, writer Lee Smith talks about and reads from her novel Saving Grace. Smith lets us into the stories behind her novels, her experiences with southern churches, and her fascination with all forms of ecstatic religion. Theme music is Modern Attempt by TrackTribe and June 11 by Andrew Starr.

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Episodes

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#66 Thomas Lynch

#65 Clare Vanderpool

#64 Jennifer Trafton

#63 Diane Glancy and Sefi Atta

#62 Jeff Zentner

#61 Brady Udall

#60 Anbara Salam

#59 Gloria Pinkney

#58 Mitali Perkins

#57 Helena Maria Viramontes

#56 Doris Betts

#55 Dan Taylor

#54 Emma Green

#53 Luis Alberto Urrea

#52 Eugene Peterson 2010

#51 Carlos Eire 2008

#50 Jen Hatmaker 2018

#49 Lee Smith 1996

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