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- Jun 9, 2022
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Video: Gregory Maguire, author of "Wicked," interviewed by Paul Grondahl


- Jan 20, 2021
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Novelist Eugene Mirabelli and publisher Bruce McPherson


- Sep 23, 2020
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Matthew McElligott: Children's book author/illustrator


- Sep 22, 2020
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Edwidge Danticat and Kali Fajardo-Anstine: The Joys of the Short Story Form


- Aug 31, 2020
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Video interview: novelist Stephen Kiernan


- Aug 5, 2020
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"We'll get through this"-- novelist Claire Messud


- Jul 7, 2020
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Prof. Frankie Bailey's advice: "Put on some music, and dance"


- Jun 25, 2020
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Edward Schwarzschild: English professor, TSA agent??


- Jun 15, 2020
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Author Andrea Barrett's advice: "Read, write, walk, repeat"


- Jun 12, 2020
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Author Chris Bohjalian's favorite pandemic cocktail is a ...


- May 21, 2020
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A little Q&A with Lorrie Moore


- May 20, 2020
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Madeline Miller, international bestselling author of "Circe" and "The Song of Achilles"


- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Q&A with T. C. Boyle: Book picks and tips on life during pandemic

- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
Talking Teddy with novelist Jerome Charyn


- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min
Imagining possible futures with novelist Gish Jen

- Mar 18, 2020
- 3 min
The Irish tradition at the NYS Writers Institute

- Mar 13, 2020
- 1 min